Saturday, November 17, 2007

New edition of the most classic Bordeaux book

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The first edition of “Bordeaux et ses Vin” (Bordeaux and its wines) was published in 1850. It is an extensive collection of (almost) al...

Château La Pointe and Château Carignan sold

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Château La Pointe, a Pomerol property with 25 ha, has been sold for an estimated 32-35 million euro to the insurance company ...
Friday, November 16, 2007

New appellation: Coteaux du Languedoc Pézenas

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The new appellation Coteaux du Languedoc, with the suffix Pézenas (which is a town in the region) is a red wine and should be...

Anselme Selosse makes Italian sparkling wine

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Anselme Selosse is one of the most respected independent wine makers in Champagne. Together with Azienda Feudi di San Gregori...

Warning for pregnant women

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Well, its not the pregnant women who are dangerous of course, but drinking wine while you are pregnant. At least according to ...

German harvest: big volume, excellent quality

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A sigh of relief can also be heard in Germany after this year’s harvest. they had an early flowering and good weather during t...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Champagne extends its AOC limits

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The Champagne region has approved 40 new communes as (potential) producers of champagne. Today, the Champagne region (the app...

Seven new Masters of Wine

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As we noted in the last Brief, Sweden now has it’s first MW, the highly respected British wine diploma. At the same time,...

Denmark gets its first ”AOC”

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Perhaps a slight exaggeration - Denmark has had approved four regional denominations for its wines. According to European regu...

Yquem for 4.5 million dollars

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Nils Stormby, the Swedish wine collector, recently sold most of his world famous Chateau d’Yquem collection at Zachy’s au...

Good quality but small volume in Muscadet

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In Muscadet this year’s harvest promises to yield very good quality but limited volumes. An early and warm spring kick-started...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

BKWine Tip: Villa Spicy

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Villa Spicy, Paris 8e Just off Les Champs-Elysées, on the avenue F Roosevelt, you find this pleasant restaurant with exce...

BKWine Tip: Domaine des Grécaux, Languedoc

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Domaine des Grécaux, Languedoc Isabelle and Alain Caujolle-Gazet Alain and Isabelle Caujolle-Gazet settled ...

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 52, November 2007

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One of the things we really enjoy is looking for and discovering new wines. Drinking a very good Bordeaux or Burg...
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 ...