Wednesday, October 28, 2009

AREV wants to go backwards

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AREV (l’Assemblée des Régions Européennes Viticoles http://www.arev.org/ ) is some kind of collaboration organisation between ...

700 naked people in the vineyard

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To influence the upcoming climate conference inn Copenhagen Greenpeace France and Spencer Tunick organised a demonstration / ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Bordeaux 2007

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The Union des Grands Crus (UGC) in Bordeaux recently presented the 2007 vintage in Paris. the UGC includes not only the 1855 Grands Cru...
Monday, October 26, 2009

BKWine Pick: Domaine Grand Lauze, Ferrals de Corbières

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Domaine Grand Lauze, Ferrals de Corbières This is a 22 ha big estate in Boutenac, one of the best areas in the Corbièr...

BKWine Pick: Domaine Grand Guilhem, Fitou

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Domaine Grand Guilhem, Fitou In the mountainous part of Fitou, in the small village of Cascastel, on the border t...

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 75, October 2009

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The big thing for us right now is that our new book is finished. Really finished. We will have it in our hands in just a few weeks! We’re re...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Bordeaux exports drop

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Exports of Bordeaux wine fell with 16% over the 12 months up to June 2009 to reach only 1.62 M hectolitre. Measured in value the drop w...
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Wine festivals in Zagreb

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In the last Brief we wrote a piece on a wine event in Zagreb. It turns out that what we wrote may have led to some confusion. So here w...
Saturday, October 17, 2009

Three entertaining wine videos

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It’s quite some while since we had the time to update BKWine TV , so here are three other entertaining wine videos: 1 - ...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Excellent harvest in the Roussillon

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In the Roussillon the harvest is essentially finished. As in many other regions, it is estimated to be a very good vintage. T...

Pirate wine

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Many countries across Europe are pondering anti-piracy laws. In France we have a proposal (likely to go through) called Hadopi that wou...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Languedoc reading

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We have, as you might know, a certain weakness for the Languedoc-Roussillon. A few years back we wrote a book about the wines from the ...

New wine magazine launched #2: Palate Press

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An interesting initiative: Palate Press. It is an entirely internet based “magazine” that works like a collaborative project. The artic...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

New wine magazine launched #1: Terre de Vins

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It’s not every day, with the implosion of the advertising market, that a new wine magazine is launched. To be fair, Terre de Vins has e...

Eight new Masters of Wine

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The total has now reached 280 with the addition of eight new Masters of Wine (MW) in the latest round of diploma attribution. MW is a m...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Argentinean exports of malbec up

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The exports from Argentina of malbec wines grew with 28% in value and 29% in volume for the first six months 2009. Nice with ...

New sherry bodega launched: Urium

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It is probably quite some time since someone launched a new sherry bodega. But now it has happened. The Spanish Ruiz family, ...
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Monday, October 12, 2009

Wine buying preferences charted by Twenga

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The price comparison search engine Twenga has analysed how their visitors search for wine in different countries. Here are some statistics:...

Organic wine: Millesime Bio on January 25-27

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Millesime Bio is a wine show that focuses on wine producers who work organically or with biodynamic principles. It has grown ...

Chablis celebration on February 6-7

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Saint Vincent Tournante is two days of wine tasting, good food and festivities in Chablis. This time the event takes place on the weeke...