Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Vine planting rights: a return to protectionism?

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A few years back all EU countries agreed to a reform of the agricultural policies concerning the wine sector. One element was to abolis...

Mas du Soleilla, La Clape, Languedoc

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Soleilla means sun in Occitan, the ancient language langue d'oc. Mas de Soleilla is beautifully situated, close to the s...
Friday, June 03, 2011

Well-crafted writing online on wine: Born Digital Wine Awards

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The Born Digital Wine Awards is a “competition” for writers, and video producers, professional or not, on the internet. The first edition of...

Interesting interviews with top chateaux in Bordeaux

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I’m not quite sure why they have done it but it is a very ambitious effort. The Swedish wine importer Hjo Grosshandel has published a d...
Thursday, June 02, 2011

Vineyard area in Austria

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Austria has around 46,000 hectares of vineyards. That is roughly one third of Bordeaux (and some). There are four main regions: Burgenland, ...

Italy world's largest wine exporter, followed by Spain and France

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According to the latest statistics from the OIV Italy is the world’s largest wine exporter. 20.6 Mhl went to the international wine mar...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

High Constantia, South Africa

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At High Constantia winemaker David van Niekerk makes an exceptional Cap Classic (sparkling wines made by the traditional method) that gets a...

Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 94, May 2011

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The competition in the wine world today is tough whatever the price segment. It means a lot to have your wines or your domaine mentioned in ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

A short story on travelling in Champagne, Chablis and Burgundy

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Quite a few kilometres over three days, that’s what you get if you come on our “Three Classics” tour. And quite a few wine producers and win...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Why we don’t see more videos with Jancis Robinson, or wine tasting is not a spectator sport

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Jancis Robinson is one of the wine world’s super-stars. She recently published a new video with herself, one of only two she has made with h...
Monday, May 23, 2011

The US overtakes France as the biggest wine consumer

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As expected, the USA as overtaken France as the biggest wine consuming nation in the world, according to a report by Gomberg, Fredrikson ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

New Zeeland: bigger volumes, lower prices

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The latest statistics show that New Zealand is producing more wine but getting less money for it. That is perhaps a confirmation of the fear...
Monday, May 16, 2011

Sangiovese to be planted in Languedoc

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One of the effects of the wine sector reform that has recently been done in France is that it will become somewhat easier to plant unusual o...
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Wines from Istria in Croatia, part 5: An Austrian in Istria explains

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Guido Schwengersbauer has lived in Croatia for many, many years. Today he runs a charming small hotel called La Parenzana in the small villa...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Wines from Istria in Croatia, part 4: with an international reputation: Markezic and Degrassi

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One of the most established and well known producers in Istria is Marino Markežić at Kabola. He wants to go back to the roots. And his way o...
Monday, May 09, 2011

Wines from Istria in Croatia, part 3: Breaking new ground; Kozlovic & Tomaz

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Gianfranco Kozlovic is also experimenting with acacia wood. His Acacia malvazija is aged for nine months and he likes the result so far. And...
Saturday, May 07, 2011

Wines from Istria in Croatia, part 2: Acacia and Ivica Matosevic

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Ivica Matosevic is the first one to make wine in his family. “You can’t make a lot of money in wine” he says, but it is a nice job! And peop...
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Friday, May 06, 2011

Wines from Istria in Croatia, part 1: Magnificent Malvazia

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Are you looking for something different, out of the ordinary? Wines that don’t taste like everything else? Go to Istria and taste their extr...

Germany’s most grown grapes

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In our last Brief we wrote about the most popular grape varieties grown in Germany. The figures came from a print magazine but after looking...
Thursday, May 05, 2011

FINE The Wine Magazine free to readers of the BKWine Brief

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FINE Magazine is a super-exclusive magazine on wine. It is enough to look at who their advertisers are and you understand: Aston Marti...