Wednesday, September 29, 2010

New issue: Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 86, September 2010

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This will probably be a record short Brief. Not that it’s a record we’re aiming for. We hope you don’t mind too much. This is a rather busy ...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Languedoc to introduce Grand Cru...

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Some areas in the Languedoc, that fulfil certain criteria, will be classified as Grand Cru according to a new proposal from the produce...

A new wine auction house in Europe: Spectrum Wine

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Well, at least almost. Spectrum Wine holds auctions primarily in California and in Hong Kong but since some time back they have a live ...

The harvest has begun! In Rivesaltes! (old news...)

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First to harvest in France this year was (according to what is claimed) a wine producer in Rivesaltes: Domaine Rombeau. They started al...
Monday, September 20, 2010

New study shows the environmental impact of wine packaging: ”bag is best”

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Systembolaget, the Swedish retail monopoly, has had a study made to analyse the environmental impact of different types of wine packagi...

Sulphur or not in the bottle? Just like the oil, it disappears magically!

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There is a (very small) trend today among certain wine makers not to use any sulphur at all during the winemaking. Sulphur is used by v...

The Châteauneuf-du-Pape book now in e-version

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A few months back we wrote a book review on the Châteauneuf book by Harry Karis, what must be the definitive magnum opus on the producers in...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

New restaurant discovery in Avignon - Le Zinzolin

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Zinzolin is a dark purple shade of colour. What it has to do with the restaurant we don't really know. Tonight, on the first evening o...

Three visits in Chateauneuf, 08s, 07s, 01s and more - first day on our Southern Rhone Tour

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Starting running today with three visits in Chateauneuf: domaine Fontavin, Ogier, and Pere Caboche. Two women winemakers and one big group w...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

First night in Avignon on Rhone wine tour - the best wine bar

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First night in Avignon on our three day wine tour in the southern Rhone valley, with Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and much more.  We're...

Bordeaux gets new boss

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Georges Haushalter has been named new President of CIVB , the producers’ marketing and promotion as well as co-ordination organisation ...

The Great Grenache Day: September 24

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September 24 has been named as the First Annual International Grenache Day (FAIGD?). It has been created to celebrate “the great grenac...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Protected origin

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Many wine regions are very keen to protect their name. It is also becoming increasingly common for other things: cheese, ham, chicken a...

DRC wines on ice until fair monopoly trade is invented

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Some of the world’s most expensive wines come from Domaine de la Romanée Conti in Burgundy. They can go for around 4000€. Per bottle. The S...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Vandals destroy a vine test plantation in Alsace

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A group of around 60 vandals broke during the night of august 15 into an experimental plantation created by the French agricultural res...

Mendoza Report, part 5: Grapes

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Argentina’s most famous grape variety is Malbec and it is also the most planted of the red varieties. ”We are totally addicted to Ma...
Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Mendoza Report, part 4: Irrigation and the limits of a good thing

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The Andes are not just a beautiful background to the vineyards. Their melting water is also the thing that makes it possible to produce...

Mendoza Report, part 3: The importance of altitude

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“Everything starts in the vineyard”, says Luis Cabral de Almeida at Finca Flichman, and many producers share this philosophy today. A b...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Mendoza Report, part 2: Investments

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There have been a lot of investments made in Mendoza over the last few years, both by foreigners and by Argentineans. French and other ...

Mendoza Report, part 1: What’s new in Mendoza?

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With the snow capped Andes in the background and an extremely blue sky, Mendoza, the largest wine region in Argentina , is a magnificent sig...