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The Power List 2009 - top 10, new entries and fallers

Here are the top 10 entries, new entries and fallers in the Decanter magazine wine Power List 2009.

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Sarkozy

Top 10

Richard Sands
Robert Parker
Mariann Fischer Boel
Mel Dick
Annette Alvarez-Peters
Dan Jago
Jean-Christophe Deslarzes
Jancis Robinson OBE MW
Nicolas Sarkozy
Pierre Pringuet

Top 10 new entries

Jean Christophe Deslarzes(#7)
Nicolas Sarkozy(#9)
Pierre Pringuet(#10)
Ian Johnston(#14)
Ghislain de Montgolfier(#27)
Robert Shum(#28)
John Kapon(#31)
Greg Jones(#33)
Emilio Perdon(#35)
Gary Boom(#37)

Top ten fallers

Frederic Rouzaud(down 21 places to #48)
Michel Rolland(down 9 places to #17)
Bernard Magrez(down 7 places to #29)
Stéphane Dernenoncourt(down 5 places to #34)
Joseph Gallo(down 4 places from to #11)
Marvin Shanken(down 4 places to #19)
Hugh Johnson(down 4 places to #21)
Mel Dick(down 2 places to #4)
Bernard Arnault(down 2 places to #13)
Jean-Charles Boisset(down 2 places to #32)

Sarkozy image by Aleph, http://commons.wikimedia.org.

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