Saturday, July 31, 2010

Millésime Bio 2011 - organic wine fair on January 24-26

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Pencil in January 24 to 26 if you are interested in organic wine. That are the dates for the next edition of Millésime Bio, the wine fa...

Recycle your old corks, turn them into … sexy underwear

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It might perhaps be a bit difficult to do yourself (but worth a try?), but a Portuguese designer has created a line of sexy (hmm, well) unde...
Friday, July 30, 2010

BKWine TV: New video #2 The Future of Bordeaux

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Just a quick note to let you know that there's a new video: the second part of the interview with Cesar Compadre on the future of Bordea...

BKWine Pick: Domaine Pfister, Alsace

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Domaine Pfister, Alsace Mélanie Pfister started to work with her father at the family domaine in Dahlenheim in northern Alsace in 200...

BKWine Pick: Domaine Duseigneur, Lirac, Côtes du Rhône

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Domaine Duseigneur, Lirac , Côtes du Rhône Bernard and Frédéric Duseigneur at Domaine Duseigneur are convinced that you need a soil t...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

New issue: Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 84, July 2010

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In this Brief you can read about the good effects of wine on yor health. It may even reduce the risk of obesity. Another way to loose some p...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Two new videos on Bordeaux

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A quick note to say that there are two new videos on BKWine TV: [F] Quel future Bordeaux ? 1ere partie with Cesar compadre and [E] Den...

EU puts organic wine on ice

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There will be no new rules on what is meant by organic (biologique / ecologic) wines in the EU. Today, the only thing that a wine produ...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Much criticism against Bordeaux primeur prices

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When the prices for the Bordeaux primeurs of the 2009 vintage started to be announced earlier this spring it led to quite a lot of crit...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

The top UK wine blogs

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Cision is a marketing and press communications consultant company. They have created a top-ten list of the most notable wine blogs in the ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Google Street View in the vineyard! In South Africa

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Google Street View is a tremendous resource to see how cities and various regions look. Google has with specially designed cars driven ...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Coteaux du Tricastin changes name to avoid nuclear contamination

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Coteaux du Tricastin is a relatively well known appellation in the southern Rhone valley. However, it has now changed name to Grignan les Ad...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Can you count to Châteauneuf-du-Pape?

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape has over the last decade or two seen a tremendous development both in terms of popularity and more importantly in t...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Malbec consumption up 60%

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According to statistics from Nielsen in the USA sales of malbec wines (made from the grape variety malbec) have increased with 60% over...

The perfect furniture for your wine cellar, or the living room

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What happens with all those wine barrels that are no longer in use? After three years or so the barrels are often discarded and replaced. Ma...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

New trials with genetically modified grape vines

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The French agricultural research institute (INRA) has – again – planted an experimental vineyard with genetically modified vines. Out o...

Who is Günther?

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Since you read the Brief you may now have come to realise that bag in box wines are immensely popular in Sweden (and in the rest of Sca...
Friday, July 16, 2010

What is quality wine?

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Sometimes one wonders what this concept ”quality wine” means. Take the fact that half of all French wine is classified as “quality wine...

France made 47 Mhl wine in 2009 (a slight increase)

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According to statistics from the French customs office (who collects such statistics) the total wine production reached 47 million hl i...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

New issue of the ezine Fine Wine available

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A new issue of the ezine Fine Wine is now available. You will find articles about an unusual producer in the Loire Valley, about the big win...