Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Link: Resveratrol... its good for you

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Resveratrol is a substance that can be found in wine and that is believed to be good for your health. Now there is a site dedicated to resve...
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Vranken buys Listel

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According to our information (and as a confirmation of previous rumours) Vranken has bought Listel (owned mainly by Val d’Orbieu and the ...

Wine auctions and wine information from Sotheby’s

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Take a look in the calendar at the bottom of the Brief. There you have the upcoming wine auctions at Sotheby’s in London and New York. The a...

Famous Burgundy house Remoissenet sold to American

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The famous Burgundy house Remoissenet was recently sold to an American investor called Edward Millstein for around 10 million euro. Millstei...

Swedish wine Blaxta wins pize at Challange International du Vin

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Blaxta Vineyard just south of Stockholm was given a silver medal for its Vidal Ice Wine 2003 at Challange International du Vin at Vinexpo (w...

Selling wine on the internet is not easy

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Every once in a while you see an new internet shop that tries and sell wine. That it is not very easy to do that profitably is well illustra...
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Discount on the new wine magazine Fine Expressions

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In the last Brief we mentioned that Fine Expressions, a magazine on wine and rinks, has been launched in the UK. You can get a discounted su...

French Minister of Agriculture calls for changes

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At the opening of Vinexpo the French minister of agriculture said ‘The French offer does not always win over new consumers, who sometimes pr...

Louis Roederer gives prizes to wine writers

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Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2005 have been given in four different categories: * Wine Writer of the Year 2005:...

Also Australia has its wine crisis

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In a survey by Deloitte almost half of the wineries were found to have made losses in 2004. As in France, the government has stepped in with...

New AOC: Beaume de Venise

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INAO has approved Beaume de Venise as a new AOC. The wine was previously part of Côtes du Rhône Villages. Permitted grape varieties are Gren...

Tattinger up for sale?

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Rumours (and press reports) are saying that the Taittinger champagne house is being put up for sale. It is owned by the Taittinger family...

Champagne Lanson for sale

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44% of Lanson is owned by the bank Caisse d’Epargne. They have said that they are interested in selling their stake in the champagne hou...

Michelin launches new wine guide

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Michelin, famous for its red guides on gastronomy and green tourist guides, has launched a new green guide called “The Wine Regions of Franc...

Australian consultant Richard Smart advices Danes to make more sparkling wine

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BKWine recently met the well known Australian wine making consultant Richard Smart at a quick visit he made to Denmark. He was invited by th...

New Scandinavian Wine Fair on 11 February 2006

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BKWine organises a new Scandinavian Wine Fair in Paris on February 11 in collaboration with Le Cercle Suédois. The date has just been set so...

Recommended Producer: Chateau Thieuley

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Chateau Thieuley has long been a favourite of ours among the not-so-expensive Bordeaux wines – both the red and the white wines. The chateau...

Recommended Producer: Chateau de Haux

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Flemming and Peter Jørgensen bought Chateau de Haux in 1985. The vineyard was in poor shape and the chateau itself was in ruins. They were i...
Sunday, July 03, 2005

A wine site worth having a look at

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Jennifer Rosen – an American wine writer (called Chotzi...?). Many articles on her site: www.vinchotzi.com (be aware: the site doesn’t work...

RVF revises the 1855 classification of Bordeaux

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La Revue du Vin de France likes making classifications. We have talked about their suggested classification of Graves here before. Now they ...