Wednesday, February 28, 2007

USA the world’s biggest wine consumer?

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According to a recent report from the Wine Market Council, Adams Beverage Group and Merill Research USA is currently the worl...

New permitted grape varieties in Rioja: Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Verdejo

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Three new grape varieties have been approved for blending in white Rioja wines: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Verdejo. The ...

Wine featured on the cover of Fortune Magazine

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The latest issue of Fortune Magazine carries a feature article (and cover photo) on the beneficial effects of wine and Resveratrol agai...
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

South Africa has 581 wine cellars

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Some interesting statistics on South Africa : There are 581 wine cellars. (As a comparison, that is about the same number as t...

More luxury Champagne

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Champagne is one of the few districts today that has no problems at all to sell its wines. The problem they have is rather to...
Monday, February 19, 2007

The world’s largest wine tasting

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5095 person participated in what was, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the worlds largest wine tasting. The tasting ...

Danish sommelier-chef-duo wins Sherry prize

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Chef Jakob Mielcke Hansen and sommelier Alexander Berntsen, both from the restaurant Jan Hurtigkarl in Denmark won first prize in a rec...

New Swedish (!) wine shop on Costa del Sol

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Jens Nielsen is actually Swedish (even if the name suggests one of the Scandinavian neighbours) but he lives on the Spanish south ...

Organic wine fair Millésime Bio attracts more visitors

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Millésime Bio, the “organic wine fair” recently held in Narbonne saw visitor numbers grow with 33%. England and Germany were the two fo...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

BKWine Pick: Restaurang PM & Vänner, Växjö

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Restaurang PM & Vänner, Växjö It used to be that only the big cities had top quality restaurants in Sweden, but such is no...

BKWine Pick: A Table, Levallois-Perret

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A Table, Levallois-Perret You find “A Table” in one of the “proche-banlieus” (near-suburbs) in Paris, Levallois-Perret, just north...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

BKWine Pick: Château Saint-Cosme, Gigondas

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L ouis Barruol is owner and wine maker at Château Saint Cosme in Gigondas. He has 15 hectares of old vines that grow on very heter...

BKWine Pick: Château Belingard, Bergerac

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Laurent de Bosredon took over this family property in the mid-80s. He had, and has, one target in mind: to raise the quality ...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

BKWine Brief #43: " Appellations and brand names?"

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Appellations and brand names? Does it serve any useful purpose to have appellations and classifications (by the way, do you ...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Link Tip

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Tannin better than resveratrol for the heart: Scientific American
Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Book Review: Chefs, Saveurs, Champagne

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Chefs, Saveurs, Champagne By Ragnar Fridriksson Passionfood An odd book in some ways. First: written by an Islander li...
Monday, February 05, 2007

Book Review: Chefs, Saveurs, Champagne

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Chefs, Saveurs, Champagne By Ragnar Fridriksson Passionfood An odd book in some ways. First: written by an Islander li...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Book review: The Oxford Companion to Wine

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The Oxford Companion to Wine By Jancis Robinson (editor), et al. Oxford University Press This is a reference book...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Book Review: Les Grands Crus du Languedoc et Roussillon

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Les Grands Crus du Languedoc et Roussillon By Michel Smith Editions Renault A dense tome with profiles of many gr...
Monday, January 29, 2007

The world’s best Barbera

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Every grape variety has it’s competition it seems and so does Barbera. In 2006 the competition counted 305 entrants, 35 of which cam fr...