Tuesday, January 31, 2006

BKWine Pick: Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard, Chablis

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Soil, or terroir, is important for Brocard. To best express the Chablis character Jean-Marc Brocard has chosen not to use any oak for ...
Sunday, January 29, 2006

BKWine Pick: San Pedro, Molina, Chile

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www.sanpedro.cl . Vina San Pedro is Chiles biggest wine producer. They make 3 million cases each year most of their "base" wine Ga...
Saturday, January 28, 2006

Do you want wine news on your site?

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Do you want to help us publicize our BKWine Brief Blog? Or do you want wine world news on your site like this animated headline gif? Put thi...

BKWine Pick: Albet i Noya, Sant Pau d'Ordal

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The Albet i Noya family has been making wine in Penedes since the early 19-hunderds. Since 1979 the vineyard is run by the two brothers J...
Thursday, January 26, 2006

Some wine links from BKWine

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Some wine sites worth having a look at: Institut Coopératif du Vin – A site for those of you who are very interested...
Wednesday, January 25, 2006

BKWine Pick: Château de Targé, Saumur-Champigny

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A very impressive chateau just outside Saumur. Very good reds with AC Saumur Champigny and whites with AC Saumur. Has belonged to the same f...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

BKWine Pick: Château Haut Bertinerie, Premières Côtes de Blaye, Bordeaux

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Château Haut-Bertinerie is the leading estate in Premières Côtes de Blaye, just east of Médoc on the other side of the estuary Gironde. T...
Monday, January 23, 2006

BKWine Pick: Domaine du Vieux Chêne, Roussillon

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This is a large property covering some 110 hectares just outside of Rivesaltes. Denis Sarda-Bobo makes a fresh and fruit Muscat de Rivesa...
Sunday, January 22, 2006

Cellier du Mas Montel/Mas Granier, Sommières - BKWine Tip

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Mas Montel makes both Vin de Pays d’Oc and AC Coteaux du Languedoc. It is very nice and good value for money wines, for example the Cuvée...
Thursday, January 19, 2006

Recommended: Château Mourgues du Grès, Costières de Nimes

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Château Mourgues du Grès is owned by Anne and François Collard. François is oenologist and has previously worked at Château Lafite-Rothsc...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Wine Link Tips

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Some wine sites that you might enjoy visiting: Wine Learning Centre: Various wine information and a quite amusing section on how to prono...
Monday, January 16, 2006

Don't forget: Go on a wine tour

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Just a reminder to you that we have some exciting wine tours lined up this year: Champagne, Chablis & Burgundy in May Bo...

Today's Tip: Château Roubine, Valerie and Philippe Riboud, Provence

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Valerie and Philippe Riboud bought the beautiful Château Roubine with the adjoining 75 hectares of vineyard in 1994. Neither of them had muc...
Sunday, January 15, 2006

Today's Tip: Domaine Pierre Gaillard, Condrieu and Saint-Joseph

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A short drive away from the river, uphill along winding roads with breathtaking views you will find Domaine Pierre Gaillard. Pierre started ...
Saturday, January 14, 2006

Where are you?

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Oh, and by the way, why don't you put a pin for you on the Frappr map, just for fun, to show us where in the world you are! Click the Fr...

Restaurant Recommendation: Le Porte-Pot, Bistrot à Vins, cave, épicerie, Paris

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A nice wine bar and wine shop in the centre of the Quartier Latin (Latin Quarter). It just opened in February (2005). Nicely decorated with ...

Guest Writers on BKWine

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It’s been one of our projects for some time now… And now we have the Guest Writer section live on BKWine.com. First guest writers are: ...
Friday, January 13, 2006

The 1976 Paris Tasting – a revolution

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In 1976 a blind tasting was organised in Paris (by Steven Spurrier if I remember correctly). It pitched, blind, some top French wines a...

BKWine will be interviewed in the Wine & Dine podcast

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The WineFairy.com (Lynn Chamberlain) will feature an interview with Britt the week starting January 8. Listen to it here: -- www.winefairy.c...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

Last Minute (Christmas) Gifts

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(This post originally appeared in The BKWine Brief before Christmas, but it works just as well for non-Christmas gifts...) There’s stil...