Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Book Review: Wine Genesis

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Wine Genesis / Wein Genesis By: Peter Oberleithner (design and photo), Karl Mayer (text) Kulinarium Verlag e.U. www.kulinariumverlag.at ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

What’s happening in Chile (part 3)? New grape varieties

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Casablanca, Leyda, Limarí are just a few examples of new regions that are changing the way we look at wines from Chile. And this is just the...
Monday, June 14, 2010

What’s happening in Chile (part 2)? The importance of terroir

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“We have shown the market that we can make good varietal wines. The challenge today is to use the terroir, soil types, with have”, says Migu...
Friday, June 11, 2010

What’s happening in Chile? (part 1 - tales from a recent trip)

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Chile is a wine country in transformation. For twenty years it has been delivering reliable but quite basic wines but now many wine producer...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

BKWine Photography featured on Photoshelter’s blog

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One new wine picture every day (well, almost), that’s the theme of our Wine Picture Blog . Sometimes the photos are quite ‘serious’ (e....

"Soon" you can bring bottles back home in your carry-on luggage

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Thanks to advances in scanning technologies, making it possible to effectively also scan liquids, the restrictions on carrying liquid in the...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Who drinks the most champagne?

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A while back we wrote about the world’s biggest markets for champagne. At the time we did not have, as we noted, any numbers for who is...
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Wine in bag-in-box and PET-bottles oxidise within 6 months, according to new study

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Wine “bottled” (what do you say?) in bag-in-box, i.e. in a plastic bag, or in a lightweight plastic PET bottle is gaining in popularity...
Monday, June 07, 2010

Swedish-Spanish wine wins Gold Medal in the Concours Mondial

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Being Swedish we have to write about this of course. Rickard Enkvist is from Sweden but lives in the small village of Gaucin in the mountain...
Sunday, June 06, 2010

20 Gold Medals and one Great Gold Medal to Argentina in Concours Mondial

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Argentinean wines reaped a lot of rewards at the recently held Concours Mondial (“Brussels International Wine Competition”): 20 Gold Me...
Saturday, June 05, 2010

Bordeaux prices continue up for 2009s?

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More and more “release prices” have been announced from the chateaux in Bordeaux, for the wines that were tasted a couple of months ago...
Friday, June 04, 2010

France falling behind on traditional markets, but winning in Asia?

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What do buyers, retailers and other trade people think about the evolution of the wine market? Wine Trade Monitor (WTM) by Sopexa tries...
Thursday, June 03, 2010

Jazz and wine in the Languedoc

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Each year in August there is the Jazz à l’Hospitalet festival in the Languedoc. It is the dynamic winemaker Gerard Bertrand (and ex-rugby st...
Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Which wine sites do you like best?

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Which wine sites do you like the best? From the point of view of: Design / site architecture User interface Usefulness or anything e...
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Binge drinking leads to risky sex – perhaps

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Does binge drinking lead to risky sex among college students? The answer seems to be, yes, perhaps. The American Association of Wine Ec...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Bordeaux Facts

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- There are 60 different appellations(AOC / AOP) in total in the Bordeaux region - 118,000 hectares of vines in total (2009) - 5.7 mi...
Monday, May 31, 2010

BKWine Pick: Restaurant Gabriel, Bordeaux

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Restaurant Gabriel, Bordeaux Place de la Bourse is one of the gems of architecture in Bordeaux. As if it needed added attractions the...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

BKWine Pick: Big Easy Restaurant & Wine Bar, Stellenbosch

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Big Easy Restaurant & Wine Bar, Stellenbosch The Big Easy is owned by Ernie Els, golf player and wine producer. It opened in 2008 in a...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

BKWine Pick: Champagne Eric Rodez, Ambonnay

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Ambonnay is a Grand Cru village in Champagne known for its excellent pinot noirs. Eric Rodez owns 8 hectares that he manages according ...
Friday, May 28, 2010

BKWine pick: Château Tournefeuille, Lalande de Pomerol

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This beautiful chateau is in the Petit family since the 18th century. The chateau is surrounded by 17 hectares of vineyards in the appe...