Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Record sales for Absolut Vodka

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For the ninth year in a row Absolut Vodka recorded growing sales. Total sales in 2004 was 76 million litres, up 5% from 2003. Absolut is pro...

BKWine Book Reviews

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I have discretely opened up a book review section on the site too. The intention is to write about the books that we like and that we think ...

BKWine Recommends, Producer: Domaine du Colombier, Crozes-Hermitage

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Wines full of character, in particular the cuvée prestige called Gaby. Florent Viale is a master at making wines from the Syrah grape. Until...

BKWine Recommends, Producer: Château Puech-Haut, Coteaux du Languedoc

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Twenty years ago there was nothing - not a vine - here at Château Puech-Haut in Saint-Drézery. Now it is one of the most successful wine est...

Stop wine fakes with new technology

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A small Bordeaux company called Authenticwine has developed a clever system to prevent wine forgeries. It uses a complicated (and difficult ...
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Danish wine exported to France

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”Nordlund” is a wine grown and produced in Denmark. The producer (Danskt Vin-Center) has now signed a contract with a French importer. We mu...

The new film Sideways leads to Boom in Santa Barbara

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Sideways is the second film in a short time that has wine as a major theme. This time it is not so seriously intended though. It is more a c...

Irrigation will be permitted in France?

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Irrigation has long been prohibited in French vineyards. The reasoning being that with water the growers could inflate the grapes, increase ...

Napa Wine Confusion goes to Supreme Court

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In earlier Briefs we have talked about the conflict between Bronco Wine Co. and the Napa Valley Vintners. Bronco is selling a wine that is l...
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Chateauonline sold to CL Financial

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Chateauonline, probably the most successful European internet wine shop, has been bought by CL Financial. The value of the transaction has n...

The Swedish monopoly fires 50 employees suspected for bribery

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The Swedish alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget AB fires the 50 employees who are suspected of bribery and who are still employed by the c...

”If the monopoly disappears the range of wines on offer will decrease dramatically” – Monopoly to market economy, the Alberta example

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An often heard argument to keep the monopoly is that if it disappears (in Sweden or in other monopoly markets) the range of wines on offer w...

Swedish importers prefer the monopoly? It gives them more profit?

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We participated recently in a conference organised by Skalli & Rein, a wine consulting company ( http://www.wineevolution.org/ ). One of...
Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Finnish Retailers demand the end of the alcohol monopoly

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Päivittäistavarakauppa ry, an organisation representing Finnish retailers, has requested that the EU investigate the Finnish monopoly (Alko)...

Unique new book about Calvados

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Henrik Matsson is a Swedish writer who has spent 2 years working on an ambitious venture. He has single handed written, typeset and designed...
Tuesday, February 22, 2005

New rules for Bandol wine

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INAO has defined (somewhat) new rules for Bandol. In short: - Manual harvest is compulsory - Enriching or concentration of the must is not p...
Saturday, February 19, 2005

Napa Wine Confusion goes to Supreme Court

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In earlier Briefs we have talked about the conflict between Bronco Wine Co. and the Napa Valley Vintners. Bronco is selling a wine that is l...

BKWine Brief Blog

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Test ticket.