Thursday, April 30, 2009

World Wine Statistics: World wine consumption down, but exports up

›
Consumption of wine in 2008 shrunk with 2 million hl, but the world wine market is becoming increasingly global. 37% of all w...

The Systembolaget profit = 833 million SEK

›
The net profit for 2008 for Systembolaget AB, the Swedish retail alcohol monopoly, reached 833 M SEK (76 M euro). Total turnover increa...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

2.3 million euros for indoctrination and propaganda

›
No, we're not talking about the French anti-wine campaigns. 2.3 million euro (25 M SEK to be precise) is the budget that ...

Are wine bloggers journalist? Do wine bloggers exist in the real world?

›
Are you a journalist if you blog about wine? That’s the question that Gabriella Opaz poses. She’s member of the British Circl...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Barolo and its cru all’italiana

›
Many Barolo producers have a tradition of indicating a specific vineyard on the bottle. In Italy this is called Cru all’Italiana or sin...

Lafite buys vineyard in China

›
Lafite (Domaines Baron Rothschild) has bought a vineyard in the Shangdong province in China, in Penglai. They will initially ...

New DOC in Piedmont: Alba

›
The regional regulators in Piedmont have approved a new DOC, adding to the 44 already present. To qualify for the new DOC Alba the wine...
Monday, April 27, 2009

The best chardonnay wines

›
The competition Chardonnay du Monde has ranked the top chardonnay wines among the 923 competing entries from 37 countries. On...

Falling Bordeaux prices?

›
It is still too early to say what will happen to the Bordeaux prices. The presentation phase of the primeur campaign (wines f...

Garage wine show in Copenhagen

›
Each year Dansk VinCenter organises the Garage Wine Fair in Copenhagen. This year they have announced the date to be 23 August at 11.00...

Denmark’s first commercial vineyard celebrates 10 year anniversary

›
In 1999 a few crazy souls started Dansk VinCenter. They planted 10,000 vines and thus became the first commercial vineyard in Denmark. ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Which grape variety is the most planted in France?

›
What is your guess? Cabernet? Syrah? Ugni blanc? Or something else? No, none of those. For most of the 20th century it was carign...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

BKWine TV: Domaine du Sang des Cailloux, Rhône

›
We’ve published a new interview on BKWine TV: The winemaker Serge Férigoule at Domaine du sang des Cailloux in the southern R...

It’s spring. Can you hear the twittering?

›
“Social media” is a somewhat vague term, but one has to try and understand it. “Twitter” is a web service that became well kn...

Constellation unloads six wineries for $234 million

›
Constellation, one of the worlds biggest wine producers, has sold six vineyards and eight brands for $234 million. the buyer is a new v...

Over dose of wine critic

›
A recent phenomenon in the (primarily) American world of wine critics is Gary Vaynerchuk. He owns and used to run a wine reta...

American Wine Bloggers’ Conference

›
If instead you are in North America you can attend the American Wine Bloggers’ Conference. It takes place on July 24-26 in Napa and Son...

European Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Lisbon in October

›
For the second year in a row there will be a big meeting for all European wine bloggers, this time based in Lisbon. The confe...
Monday, April 20, 2009

BKWine Travel Stories: Bordeaux day 4

›
Chateau Grand Barrail Lamarzelle Figeac We’ve not yet gone across the river to the right bank, Rive Droite, so this morning we make the shor...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

BKWine Travel Stories: Bordeaux day 3

›
Lestrille Starting the day (third day in Bordeaux) at Chateau Lestrille - it's a smallish property in the Entre Deux Mers run by the you...