Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Sweden’s first Master of Wine

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Ulf Sjödin became Sweden’s first Master of Wine. His normal day job (when not working on the MW exam) is marketing manager at ...

New information source on Alsace

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The Swedish wine enthusiast Per Warfvinge fell in love with Alsace wines and created a very interesting site on Alsatian wines...
Monday, October 15, 2007

More harvest news: great year for Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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The summer has been exceptionally sunny and windy in Châteauneuf (as opposed to some regions further north). They have ha...

Five bottles of cognac per second – a new sales record

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Sales of cognac reached a new record last year: 160 million bottles, which is the largest volume ever since the appellation wa...

BBR Fine Wine Blog

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Not content with launching a virtual wine course BBR continues with a Fine Wine Blog written by various BBR staff. Some headli...

Virtual wine course

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Berry Bro:s & Rudd is perhaps the world’s oldest wine merchant, founded in 1698. It is headquartered in London at the same address ...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

This months indispensable wine gadget: The key to Pontet Canet

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It is of course a USB key – a computer memory with a 1GB capacity. The key has the shape of a bottle from Château Pontet-Canet (Pa...

Super premium tasting

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In the US they categorise wines according to quality (price) level. The top category is Super Premium (or is it Super Super P...

Small harvest in Italy

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Italy expects to make the smallest harvest for 50 years, partially due to bad weather in the south. In the south there has been frequen...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 51, October 2007

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Most early forecasts for this year’s harvest has been moderate to pessimistic. A summer that has been in many places not v...

QmP becomes Prädikatswein

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The German quality designation Qualitätswein mit Prädikat, often shortened to QmP, changes name to Prädikatswein from August this year.

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer becomes Mosel

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Short and efficient? The German wine district Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (named after the three rivers that flow through the district) changes na...

Donauland changes name to Wagram in Austria

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The Austrian Donauland has had to sub-districts: Wagram (2450 ha) and Klosterneuburg (350 ha). The whole region will now change name fr...

One bottle of Grange sold for $51,000

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At a recent auction in Australia a single bottle of Grange 1951 (previously called “Grange hermitage”) sold for the record price $51,00...

Beaujolais Villages trials mechanical harvesting

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The traditional harvest is by hand in Beaujolais but since 2004 it has been allowed to harvest by machine in AOC Beaujolais. This year ...

New French Vin de Pays rejected by the EU

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France recently created three new Vins de Pays: “de l’Atlantique”, “de Gaule” and “de France”. These have now been rejected by the agri...

The genome of the vine mapped

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French and Italian researchers have mapped the full genome of the vine. It is the fourth plant after Arabidopsis, rice and poplar that ...

New DOCG in Italy: Oltrepò Pavese

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Oltrepò Pavese have been given DOCG-status (the highest rank for Italian wines) for its sparkling wines made from Pinot Noir grapes. ...
Monday, October 01, 2007

Mas de Martin vineyards, Languedoc, part 1

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Mas de Martin vineyards, a tour of the vineyards, the soil and terroir, the winery, and interview with the owner and winemaker Christian Moc...

Crozes-Hermitage snapshot

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With its 1430 ha it is the biggest appellation in the northern Rhône valley - Annual production is 60,000 hl, 93% of which is ...