Tuesday, August 29, 2006

BKWine Pick - Domaine Viret, Rhone

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Domaine Viret Côtes du Rhône-Villages Philippe Viret and his father Alain has been practicing something called ...

August wine

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I hope you have had (or still have) a nice vacation. So far, we have not had much time for holidays ourselves but been ...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Link Tips

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Some wine sites that you might enjoy visiting: About Max Schubert , the creator of the legendary Grange Hermitage (now call...

Book Review - The Wines of the Northern Rhône

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Book Reviews The Wines of the Northern Rhône John Livingstone-Learmonth University of California Press ...

The Swedish wine market: The biggest Swedish importers

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This is the top-ten list of wine suppliers (importers) to the monopoly Systembolaget (May 2006): V&S Group 18,9 % ...

South Africa Day in Stockholm on October 13

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Wines of South Africa (WOSA) organises a South African wine day in Stockholm in the restaurant Operaterassen (part of Operakällaren). M...

Rhône festival in Denmark on September 16

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For the third consecutive year Dansk Vincenter near Copenhagen organises the great Danish Rhône Festival. On Saturday Septemb...

Spanish researchers discover why wine is good for your cholesterol level

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Grapes (and thence grape juice and also wine) contains large quantities of polyphenols. Polyphenols is a group of substances that are ...

Two new Vin de Pays launched: VdP des Alpilles and VdP des Côtes de Meuse

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Viniflhor, a French administration with responsibility for certain wine categories, has proposed two new Vin de Pays: Vin de ...

Australian wines – on the other hand – reaches rock bottom prices

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An interesting comparison with Australian wines: Australian Wine Grape Growers’ Association predicts continued falling prices. Spot pri...
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...