Tuesday, March 31, 2009

American wine exports pass the $1 billion

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$1,008,259,000 is the number, so the billion was passed with a whisker. That’s the value of American wine exports in 2008 whi...

Wine MBA

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If you want to combine wine and business you can do a wine MBA in Cirencester in England. At the Royal Agricultural College t...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Cocaine cheaper than wine

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British authorities report that it is now cheaper to get your kicks from cocaine than from quality wines or beer. Perhaps this can lead...

Albariño comes to France

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The albariño grape variety is best known from Spain and Portugal (alvarinho) where it produces refreshing wines with a citrus...

BKWine Pick: Chateau de l’Engarran 2005, Languedoc, Grès de Montpellier

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Britt’s French wine of the month Chateau de l’Engarran 2005, Languedoc, Grès de Montpellier Very nicely balanced with good fru...

BKWine Pick: Pojer e Sandri Nosiola 2007, Trentino Alto Adige

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Åsa’s Italian wine of the month: Pojer e Sandri Nosiola 2007, Trentino Alto Adige Now is perhaps not the right time for white ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

BKWine Pick: Restaurant La Forge, Antibes

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In the old city in Antibes you find this newly opened restaurant. It is small, nicely and traditionally decorated and the welcome is wa...

BKWine Pick: Le Bon Bec, Wine Restaurant Bistro, Paris 15

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A wine restaurant/bistro that offers a wide selection of wines by the glass (indeed rare in Paris), sometimes even some very ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Anteprima – BKWine goes to Italy to taste Chianti Classico

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By Åsa Johansson, BKWine’s reporter in Italy BKWine recently participated in the annual tasting of to-be-released Chianti Classico wines. Th...

BKWine Pick: Monte de Penha, Portalegre, Alentejo, Portugal

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To the north in Alentejo you can find Monte de Penha. Francisco and Veronica Fina made their first vintage in 1999. The winery is not f...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 68, March 2009

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Last month we suggested that you try a wine from a not so well known wine region every once in a while. So, here are some suggestions for wi...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

91 % of all wine cost less than 9 euro

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Or to be precise: 91 % of all wine sold in Sweden through the government owned monopolist Systembolaget (having a 50 % market...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Best selling countries in Sweden

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This is the top list of wine origins, from the sales statistics from the Swedish government owned monopoly retailer Systembolaget. The ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Biggest wine importers in Sweden

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It’s only a partial truth since the state owned monopoly retailing chain Systembolaget AB only accounts for 50% of sales of a...
Monday, March 09, 2009

Famous Languedoc winery sold to a Russian

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Prieuré Saint Jean de Bébian is one of the most famous wine estates in the Languedoc and one of the first to be recognised as...

Australian wine course

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Wine Australia, a government financed promotional organisation, has launched a new web site that includes a very ambitious wine co...
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 ...