Friday, February 27, 2009

”Hooray, sales are going down”, says champagne

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Sales of champagne fell by 5% in 2008. “The fall is a good thing: our purpose was to decrease sales by 2% at the start of 2008. Ho...

Take the WSET diploma in Paris

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Why not come to Paris to take the WSET diploma (Wine & Spirits Education Trust), Intermediate level. It’s the Ecole du Vin who orga...

France – the country of ridicule in the wine world?

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Serve no wine please. We’re French. France is to many the cradle of wine and the world’s biggest wine producer (tying with Italy). W...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

This month’s marketing gimmick: the cat in the egg

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We recently discovered a wine from Côtes du Ventoux (recently renamed AOC Ventoux) called Chat-en-Oeuf, which obviously is a lame ...

Manjari chocolate on Brittany sablé with black figs – gold medal winner

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That delicious sounding desert was the winner in the Roussillon Dessert Trophy, served together with AOC Rivesaltes Domaine Gauby ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Discover the wines from the southwest

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On April 8 and 9 you can visit the wine and food show Sud-Ouest Découverte in Toulouse. It is a meeting place primarily for buyers and ...

Lucian Freud illustrates the new vintage Mouton-Rothschild

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Lucian Freud is a British artist who can boast to be the painter with the price record for paintings by living artists. He is also...

EU pondering what organic wine really means

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Strictly speaking, there is no organic wine today. Instead, we have “wine produced from organically grown grapes”. This is because it i...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

New labelling for organic wine

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On January 1 the EU approved a proposal for organic agriculture and organic products. The most visible result will be a common lab...

The travails of Fenouillèdes

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Not many people know of Fenouillèdes. Unfortunately. It is a small wine region in southern France, in Roussillon close to the...

Kosher wine

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Sometimes when we’re visiting wine producers we se a few barrels or a tank wrapped in tape with mysterious symbols on. On clo...
Friday, February 20, 2009

BKWine TV: [E] Willy Brundlmayer, Austrian winemaker interview

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http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine... --- Interview with Willy Brundlmayer, owner and winemaker. Weingut Brundlmayer (or Bruendlma...

Looking good for armagnac

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Sales of armagnac grew with 18 % within France and 10.8% (in value) on the export market over the period from January to Octo...

New CEO for Systembolaget, the Swedish monopoly

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The Swedish government has appointed the successor to Anitra Steen, CEO of Systembolaget AB, the Swedish alcohol retail monopoly. ...

Natural wines in Italy

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VinNatur is an association of Italian wine producers who make ”natural” wines. They organise a wine show and some tastings with several...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

BKWine Pick: Chateau de Rochemorin, Bordeaux

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Criteria: an interesting wine (not too cheap) and one that you can enjoy with dinner or friends (not too expensive). And very good...

BKWine Pick: Les Bacchantes – Restaurant – Bistro à Vins, Paris 9

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Just off Boulevard de la Madeleine and next to the Olympia theatre you find this small restaurant. When you step inside it fe...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

BKWine Pick: Domaine Giraud, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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Sister and brother couple Marie and François Giraud took over this property from their father ten years ago and have today 19...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

BKWine Pick: Champagne Philippe Gamet, Mardeuil

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A family property that is run by the husband-wife couple Fabienne and Philippe Gamet. They have 8.6 hectares of vines around ...
Monday, February 16, 2009

BKWine Brief 67: French and Swedish folies

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Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 67, February 2009 French folies ”Ils sont foux les romains” is what Asterix and Obelix says about the old ro...