Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Where are you?

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Tell us where in the world you are located. Put your pin on the BKWine Brief Frappr map . Just for fun. We're curious to know where...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Get email notification on updates to our blog

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Do you want to get an email notification if our blog has been updated? We are testing a new service (based on a web service called Zoodoka) ...
Friday, September 22, 2006

Some link tips

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Some wine sites that you might enjoy visiting: EncycloWine, the Wikipedia of the wine world, an encyclopaedia that everyone...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

Book Review: The Wines of Italy (new and revised edition)

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The Wines of Italy (new and revised edition) Micèle Shah Mitchell Beazley £9.99 An almost pocket sized book th...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Book Review: The Ultimate Austrian Wine Guide

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The Ultimate Austrian Wine Guide By Peter Moser Falstaff Publications, €19.90 The bulk of the book is a listing of Austrian...

Book Review: The Journal of Wine Economics (JWE)

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The Journal of Wine Economics (JWE) American Association of Wine Economists This is not a book but a specialist, peer reviewed,...

Selling wine online gives teenagers easy access to alcohol. Or…?

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A decision last year by the US Supreme Court lead to the opening of the internet market for wine (internet sales had previously been ve...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Bordeaux harvest started on August 28

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On August 28 Chateau Carbonnieux started picking its white grapes (Sauvignon Blanc) Preliminary reports sound quite positive ...

Wine growing is spreading across the USA

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Apparently there is wine grown in every state but one in the USA (no prizes for guessing which state has no wine). Here are some exampl...

High tech vineyards

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Some California vineyards have gone literally high tech. It is probably a contamination from the neighbouring Silicon Valley,...

This month’s must have gadget: Vino Cacao, chocolate wine

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So this month it is not a gadget but actually a drink. A drink made from a base of wine that is then flavoured with chocolate. It is re...
Monday, September 18, 2006

Robert Parker changes shape

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Perhaps a bit cryptic as a heading. Many people probably think that what is referred to as Robert Parker’s ratings (and comments) come ...

New Spanish wine classification

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Spanish authorities have decided to introduce a new category of wine called Vinos de la Tierra de los Viñedos de España. It will be a n...

New Zealand wine production to increase

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An NZ government agency estimates that the production this year will increase by 20% and that it will continue to increase by 10% per y...

Revival for Kurdish wine

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Until 1987 there were vineyards planted in the northern Iraqi region of Dohuk. then they were all destroyed by the war. Mohammed Saleem...

Len Evans, Australian wine legend, passed away

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Len Evans was one of the most emblematic persons of the Australian wine industry. He wrote several books and contributed greatly to the...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

California wine production, some statistics

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California represents 95% of the wine production in the United States. These are the main regions: Sonoma 20 000 ha Napa Valley, 18 600...

A world tour of vineyards

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The WineWorldTour was launched by two young wine enthusiasts in Bordeaux. They have travelled around the globe and visited almost 200 v...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

French industrialist François Pinault buys Burgundy vineyard

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Domaine Engel in Vosne Romanée, a six hectare domaine including some of the most famous names in Burgundian vineyards (Clos V...

Randall Grahm at Bonny Doon sells Big House Red and Cardinal Zin

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Randall Grahm, cult wine maker at Bonny Doon Vineyards in Santa Cruz, California, has sold two of his most popular wines, Big House Red...