Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Ch Lafite first 1GCC to launch prices for primeur 2005: +275%!

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Château Lafite was the first of the Premier Grand Cru Classé chateaux in Bordeaux to present the price for its 2005 primeur –...
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EU wine policy to be reformed

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On June 22 the EU agricultural commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel presented a proposal to reform the cash-consuming wine support policie...

Parker writes for Business Week

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Robert Parker, the world’s best known and influential wine critic, often referred to as ”guru”, will write a weekly column for Business...

The Australian government will not foot the $35 million requested by grape growers

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The Australian government has rejected the call from the Australian Grape Growers’ Association (AGGA) to create a guarantee fund of $35...
Monday, July 24, 2006

French Castel plants vineyards in Azerbaijan

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The French wine group Castel is planting new vineyards in Azerbaijan in collaboration with the local government. The plan is to plant 5...

René Renou, president of INAO, passed away

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René Renou, president of the INAO, died in his sleep during the night of June 19 while on a business trip to South Korea. He was only 5...

Norwegian wins European Championship for sommeliers

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The Trophée Ruinart, popularly known as the European Championship for Sommeliers, was won this year by a Norwegian: Robert Lie. Li...

Wine and Business - International Wine Business Research Conference

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The Third - International Wine Business Research Conference will take place in Montpellier on July 6-8. Around one hundred researchers ...

Black Dead Arm – now in France

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It sounds scary and it is not the nicest thing to catch. Black Dead Arm (BDA) is a new kind of disease first discovered in 19...
Thursday, July 20, 2006

BKWine Pick: Clos Marie, Coteaux du Languedoc-Pic Saint Loup

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Clos Marie, Coteaux du Languedoc-Pic Saint Loup Christophe Peyrus loves the concept of “terroir” and the wild almost barren la...

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 36, June 2006

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Finally, it seems, summer is here. Maybe that will be a good time to make some new and enjoyable wine discoveries. S...

Link Tips

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Some wine sites that you might enjoy visiting: New findings on how soil (or terroir if you wish) influences wine: “A new, i...

Coup de Coeur des femmes journalistes

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The cooperative wine producers in the French departement l’Hérault organise a yearly wine competition followed by a “final” called “Cou...

Le Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2006

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You might expect the Concour Mondial de Bruxelles to take place in Belgium, and it usually does, but this year it was off-shored to Lis...

California lowers the requirements for vintage wines

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It will now be allowed to add 15% of a different vintage to the one indicated on the label in California, so no more than 85% has to co...

Bordeaux primeur prices sky-rocket

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As expected (or feared) the prices of the highly acclaimed 2005 vintage in Bordeaux are up, and not by little. According to t...

Australians learn from the French – even their bad habits

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The Australian Wine Grape Growers Association (WGGA) wants that the government should support producers in difficulty due to over-produ...

France’s most planted grape varieties

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Since 1979 a lot has changed in the vineyards so it is time to review old truths about what is taught in wine classes. The statist...
Thursday, July 06, 2006

France’s most planted grape varieties

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Since 1979 a lot has changed in the vineyards so it is time to review old truths about what is taught in wine classes. The statistics i...

The world’s most powerful brands

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Drinks International, an English trade publication, has made a ranking of the world’s most powerful wine and spirits brands. Different ...