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We also organise wine tours for wine lovers and professionals.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

BKWine announces collaboration with Alamy

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From our press release on our stock photo activity: A new source for wine, food and travel stock photography is now available with the launc...

Champagne Duval-Leroy

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The very dynamic Carol Duval-Leroy from Belgium found herself at the head of this family company in 1991 when her husband died. She has...
Friday, November 17, 2006

New Wine Tours

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Wine Tours February 14-18 Truffles, Olive Oil and Wine in the Rhone Valley Haven’t you always dreame...

A new BKWine Brief is out

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Read it here: http://www.bkwine.com/bkwine_brief/brief-040-e.htm Or subscribe here http://www.bkwine.com/bkwine_brief/bkwine_brief.htm Here...
Friday, November 10, 2006

Tell us where you are!

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That’s right. We want to know where you are. Just for fun, to know where our readers are located. We have created a Frappr map (a free ...
Thursday, November 02, 2006

Some wine sites that you might enjoy visiting:

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Some wine sites that you might enjoy visiting: Better wine with chemistry , according to Paul Evans in Busines...
Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Australian wine exports down for the first time in 15 years

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Australian wine exports fell with 0.6% in value for the year to 30 September. The total value reached $2.78 billion. It is the first ti...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Sonoma tightens the rules

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Governor Schwarzenegger has just signed into law a new text that defines that wines that say Sonoma on the label really must come from ...
Monday, October 30, 2006

French Private Preserve (and Dutch, Spanish Swiss and Austrian…)

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No, this is not a new fashion contraceptive, or perhaps it is. Anyway, we have at several occasions written about Private Preserve, whi...

Sylvaner approved for Grand Cru in Alsace

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INAO (l’Institut National des Appellations d’Origine) has approved Sylvaner as a grape variety to be used in Alsace Grand Cru wines. It...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

New St Emilion classification announced

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Every ten years (or so) the classification in Saint Emilion is reviewed. Some chateau may be upgraded and some may be downgra...
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What salary do you earn in the vineyard?

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WineBusiness.com has just published the 2006 edition of their regular salary survey for winery employees. Here are some titbits: The av...
Friday, October 27, 2006

Robot to analyse the taste of wine

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NEC System Technologies has developed a wine robot (a winebot?) that can taste wine (and other food and drink) and analyze its con...

Four new French appellations

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The French wine supervision organisation INAO has approved four new appellations: Orléans (red, white and rosé made from Pinot Noir and...

110 hectolitres per hectare is the limit for Vin de Table

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The French ministry of agriculture has decided to put the limit for the yield for Vin de Table at 110 hl/ha. Last year the limit was ex...
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Seven new Masters of Wine

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Seven persons passed the Master of Wine (MW) exam in the latest batch. Essi Avellan , Finland (first Finnish MW. congratu...

Wine drinkers earn more than non-drinkers

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A new study has shown that people who drink wine (or beer or spirit) on average earn 10-14% more than those who do not drink at all. A ...

107 AVAs in California

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There are now 107 AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) in California. An AVA is a bit like a French appellation, only with less rules and...

Wine festival in Chablis

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On November 28 and 29 there will be the annual Chablis wine festival in the village Chablis (of course). The village is some ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The best selection of champagne in restaurants

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The Trophée Celebris is organised each year by Champagne Gosset. It gives a prize to the restaurant with the best selection of cha...
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Per and Britt, BKWine
We publish http://www.bkwine.com (and http://www.bkwinetours.com, http://www.bkwinevinresor.com, http://www.bkwinephotography.com), a site about wine and wine travel, and the BKWine Brief, a free monthly newsletter on wine. We are members of the Circle of Wine Writers (UK), Federation International de Journalistes en Vin (FIJEV) and l'Association de la Press du Vin (France).
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