Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Bordeaux Primeurs, part 1: Let the circus begin, ed. 2010

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The week of the primeur tastings in Bordeaux is approaching fast. Next week it starts (first week of April - current week when this is ...
Monday, April 04, 2011

Publish and be damned! Or should we have a plan economy for Bordeaux wines?

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In an article last week Jancis Robinson advocated a freeze period for comments and reviews on wines tasted at the Bordeaux primeur circ...

Germany’s most popular white grapes

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Here is the list of the most popular white wine grape varieties in Germany, counted in volume: - Muller thurgau, 14% - Riesling, 13% - G...

”World’s Best Wine Book for Professionals 2010” is awarded to BKWine for The Creation of a Wine! - from the press release

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We are immensely proud! This is the beginning of the press release: “The Swedish wine book “The Creation of a Wine” was awarded the prize “...

BKWine Pick: In Vino Veritas, Montpellier

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In Vino Veritas, Montpellier In Vino Veritas is a small wine bar and restaurant hidden on a narrow street just behind the opera in ce...
Friday, April 01, 2011

BKWine Pick: Domaine des Terres Dorées, Beaujolais

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Domaine des Terres Dorées, Beaujolais One of our favourites in Beaujolais is Domaine des Terres Dorées. The owner and wine maker is J...

News on Wine Tours from BKWine

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"World's Best Wine Tours" - Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com BKWine offers you two possibilities to go wi...

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 92, March 2011

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It feels like ages since the last issue of the Brief. So many things have happened since. A few: World’s Best Wine Book! We won the pri...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Is the market for Bordeaux wine a market economy or should it be a plan economy?

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Jancis Robinson , the heavy-weight British wine critic, wrote an article last week about the imminent Bordeaux Primeurs circus called “Borde...
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Dîner des Chefs at Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme

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I went to a very interesting dinner the other day, the Dîner des Chefs at Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme. The dinner was organised for the 6th tim...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Growing Gruner - part 3: I'm getting worried.

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Continuing the story of growing a gruner veltliner vine from cuttings that I received at the European Wine Bloggers Conference in Vienna. ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

How to dig a deeper and deeper hole. Or: "A Prima Donna shouts too loud"? - A Portuguese challenge

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First of all I want to apologise to all my Portuguese friends, winemakers and others. And to all other who love Portugal and its wines. I ...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

An experience in how not to market Portuguese wines: the 1st International Wine Meeting and Tasting (in Portugal)

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This post is really a comment on a blog post by Luiz Albert over at The Wine Hub, but for some mysterious reason the full commentary refuses...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Growing Gruner - part 2: tiny, tiny roots?

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After about 5 days in water there is maybe, maybe the beginning of tiny roots on the gruner veltliner cuttings. I've had to change the w...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The name of the vineyard and the soil is more important than the grape variety in Burgundy, according to BIVB

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Representatives from BIVB - Bureau Interprofessionel des Vins de Bourgogne – were in Stockholm recently and BKWine took the opportunity...
Monday, March 14, 2011

Premium wines from Trivento in Mendoza

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We recently had the occasion to taste a range of premium wines from Trivento in Mendoza, Argentina. The wines have just been launched in the...
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Growing Gruner - part 1: in water

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This is not at all about 'green' vine growing. It's about gruner veltliner, the star white grape variety of Austria. Last Nove...
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Tasting 20 years of Vacqueyras: 1989-2009

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-- Vacqueyras 1989 Signature Domaine des Amouriers Mature, long taste with aromas of the garrique and some dried fruit. Very well pre...