Friday, June 23, 2006

BKWine Pick: Barrique Wine Bar, Gothenburg, Sweden

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Barrique Wine Bar is actually the name of the restaurant Hamngatan in the evenings... The two owners and wine enthusiasts, Ro...

BKWine Pick: Midi Vins, Paris 6e

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Newly opened wine bar and bistro in a renovated traditional café. Original tables made from old champagne “pupitres”. Very go...

BKWine Pick: Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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Chateau de Beaucastel, located in the north eastern corner of the appellation, is among the top of the top wine estates in Chateauneuf....

BKWine Pick: Domaine des Roches Neuves, Saumur-Champigny, Thierry Germain

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Originally from Bordeaux, Thierry Germain arrived in the Loire Valley some 15 years ago (and his father, Bernard Germain, arr...
Monday, June 12, 2006

Wine Travel

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Now is the time to plan the next season's wine and food tours. Take a look at what we propose on the program. I hope that you ...

Summer has taken a long time to arrive

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Summer has taken a long time to arrive but now we finally have some sunshine and nice temperatures here. But with such a slow movin...

Link Tips

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Some wine sites that you might enjoy visiting: What Randall Grahm thinks about terroir (Grahm is the cult wine maker in Cal...

Portuguese wine with screw cap

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Perhaps like swearing in church? Portugal is the world’s biggest producer of natural cork (made from bark from the cork oak tree). Migu...

American research in enology and viticulture

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The American Society for Enology and Viticulture has just had its annual meeting. Two research papers were given prizes: “Best Vit...

Wine crisis in Australia

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The price of wine exported from Australia has gone down with 30% according to a report by the consultant Deloitte. It is feared that a ...

Government owned V&S vin & Sprit increases profits to 417 million SEK for Q1-06

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V&S Vin & Sprit AB, owned by the Swedish government, has announced improved results for the first quarter. The business area V...

Europe’s best sommelier to be crowned on June 18

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The final of the Trophée Ruinart, popularly called the European championship for sommeliers, with be held at the Théatre des Champs Ely...

Russia blocks wine imports from Georgia and Moldova

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Wine prices are expected to go up with 30% in Russia after the government outlawed wine imports from Georgia and Moldova. The ban has b...

Château Montrose sold for 140 million euro

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Château Montrose, a 70 ha property, Grand Cru Classé in St Estèphe (Medoc, Bordeaux), has changed hands. Martin & Olivier Bouygues ...

The UK Labour party buys wine for £1 million

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According to The Independent , the British government under Tony Blair has bought wine for approximately £1 million since Bla...

Get a Master in wine – wine program in Angers

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The Ecole Supérieure d' Agriculture in Angers in the Loire Valley offers a study program that leads to a Master of Science (MS...

Bordeaux 2005

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The primeur tastings – the one week wine jamboree for the trade in Bordeaux to present the latest vintage – are now over. Everyone...

The Lurton Brothers looking for a vineyard in Portugal

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François and Jacques Lurton are already successful winemakers in several wine regions: Languedoc, Chile, Argentina, Spain,… Their next ...

Higher Gastronomic Education

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Institut des Hautes Etudes du Goût de la Gastronomie et les Arts de la Table Behind this long name hides an interesting e...

Wine Travel Special

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Now is the time to start thinking about how to brighten up the autumn season so I thought it would be a good idea to give you some...