Friday, May 30, 2008

JF Quenin new President in St Emilion

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Conseil des Vins de Saint Emilion has elected a new President: Jean-François Quenin at Château de Pressac. Quenin has an earl...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

Vinexpo 2009

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Vinexpo is the world's biggest wine show. It takes place every second year. The next edition will be on 21-25 June 2009. w...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

New counter measures against counterfeit wines

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In parallel with exclusive wines becoming more and more expensive counterfeit wine bottles are becoming a more frequent problem. Much f...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

"Reasonable culture" – new wine competition for almost-organic wines

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"Culture raisonnée" is a form of vine growing that is not quite organic, but almost. They try and reduce the use of pesticide...

350, 600 and 400 years old vines

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Some time ago we wrote about some very old vines in Bordeaux. Vinavisen.dk , our Danish colleague, has picked up on the s...

The five factors that determines a successful vintage

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According to professor Denis Dubordieu at the wine university of Bordeaux there are five main factors that determines the qua...
Monday, May 26, 2008

The influence of the moon on wine racking

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Is it important that you rack the wine in the "right" moon phase? Is wine and cheese the perfect combination? These and ten o...

Some press clippings

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Our latest BKWine wine tour launches have attracted some attention in various places. We are very glad for the mentions. Here are some:...

Wine chemists' conference

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"In Vino Analytica Scientia" is an international symposium focusing on wine chemistry and sensory analysis. The nex...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Sweden and Ireland are biggest growth countries for wine in EU

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Wine lovers in Sweden and in Ireland contribute to emptying the EU wine lake (statistics from EU-15, the 15 countries the OIV...

World wine production down and the wine lake is perhaps dying up

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The world wine production contracted with 6.9% in 2007 to 267 million hl according to estimates from the OIV. This is a substantial dro...

World wine consumption up, a bit

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We drink more and more wine in the world. OIV (Organisation International de la Vigne et du Vin) estimates that consumption i...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Champagne Utopia and other quotes

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"We are working in a Utopia at the moment. The increase of the permitted yield and the setting on place of the individua...

Argentine wine exports

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Wine exports from Argentina are increasing steadily. Between 2005 and 2007 it grew from 11.8 million cases to 16.2 M cases. O...
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Champagne exports

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France drinks a bit more than half of all the champagne sold (53%). The biggest export markets are: 1. UK, 11% 2. USA...
Monday, May 19, 2008

BKWine Pick: Le Taste Monde, Paris 8

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Le Taste Monde, Paris 8 A new TasteMonde has opened next to Place de la Madeleine. Their first restaurant opened several years ago ...

BKWine Pick: Cellier des Dominicains, Collioure, Roussillon

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Cellier des Dominicains, Collioure, Roussillon A quality-oriented co-operative (especially in recent times) in ...

BKWine Pick: Ermitage de Pic Saint Loup, Languedoc

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Ermitage de Pic Saint Loup, Languedoc An excellent producer in the beautiful Pic St Loup area a bit north of Montpellier...

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 58, May 2008

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Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 58, May 2008 To paraphrase Dinah Washington – What a difference a month makes. 31 little days. ...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Big Brother Champagne

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The small village Champagne in Switzerland has been the subject of posts previously in the Brief when they attracted the atte...