Monday, March 31, 2008

Amazon starts selling wine

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Amazon.com, the world’s largest internet shopping site, will start selling wine. They are in the process of recruiting a buyer...
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Friday, March 28, 2008

”Bordeaux 1er Cru” – what is it?

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Most wine lovers would probably not hesitate, with a longing in their eyes, to say that Bordeaux Premier Cru refers to the to...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

Champagne Jacquesson changes hands?

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Jacquesson is a small, high-quality champagne house with a tradition of producing original and character-full champagnes from...

So, who’s the world’s biggest wine & spirits buyer?

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Well, many people think it is one of the big monopolies that still exist, for example Systembolaget in Sweden or the LCBO in C...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Do you have (or know of) a beautiful or special wine cellar?

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VdH books is a Belgian publisher specialized in making beautiful books, primarily on art. They are preparing a book on wine c...

Terrorists attack starred restaurant

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The Midsummer House in Cambridge is a restaurant starred by the Michelin Guide. It was recently attacked and vandalized by te...

About Malbec – Cahors and Argentina collaboration in April

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Argentina is actually the worlds largest producer of Malbec (sometimes called Auxerrois) with 24,000 ha. But historically it i...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Prize winning wine books – and one with a special offer from BKWine!

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”Wine Behind the Label” by Philip Williamson and David Moore won the 2007 André Simon award for best drink book in the UK. “T...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Wine is like fish, but more fun

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An American study has show that a moderate alcohol consumption has a similarly positive effect on the health as eating fish th...
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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Wine search engine: Able Grape

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Sometimes it is difficult to find what you are looking for among the millions of search results you might get on Google. Able...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

International Syrah Symposium in Lyons in May

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Scientific, oenological and marketing expertise gather in Lyons on May 13-14 to discuss all aspects of the future of the Syra...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Michelin publishes guide on Tokyo restaurants

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The first Japanese edition of the red guide has recently been published. It is a combined team of seasoned (pun intended) Euro...

Languedoc ships wine by sail boat to reduce emissions – saves 140g/bt

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Frederic Albert has founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (Maritime Sail Ship Freighters) and will be shippin...

Champagne and Bordeaux act against carbon emissions

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Bordeaux recently launched the initiative ”bilan carbone” (~the carbon score sheet), a project to analyse the carbon emis...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Weighty arguments against fat bottles

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Two wine heavy weights, Jancis Robinson and Oz Clarke, have both recently lambasted the tradition of using extra-heavy bottles...

Al Gore speaks on wine, global warming and climate in Barcelona

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Well, that’s what was the intention and what was announced. Unfortunately it turned out that he was in Barcelona, for the con...

Less green house gases with the right tools?

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Californian, New Zeeland, South African and Australian winemakers’ associations in collaboration with Provisor Pt Ltd ha...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Greener wines? – two new papers

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Environmental issues are very much in vogue today, not least in wine. The American Association of Wine Economists have just p...

Vineyard technology: micro-climate monitoring

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Grape Networks is a California based company that has developed a solution for wireless monitoring of the microclimate in vineyards. Yo...

Wine auctions in Holland

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One more wine auction house can be found in Holland. They are called Winefield’s Auctioneers and are located in Amsterdam. They have fo...