The recently held competition for English wines saw record number of contestants and better wines than ever, according to the organisers. 142 wines were awarded medals. “Wine of the Year” was awarded to Camel Valley Vineyard for its sparkling Cornwall Pinot Noir Rosé 2004. Camel Valley won three of the eight gold medals, the others going to Chapel Down Wines, Ickworth Vineyard, and Ridgeview Wine Estate. All prize winners: www.englishwineproducers.com
Read more...Bordeaux.com, the ”official” site for Bordeaux wines, have had a thorough redesign. You will find information on appellations, the classification system, the history of Bordeaux wines, varietals, winemaking methods, vintages, how to discover the region etc. Bordeaux.com
►► Best insider tip to discover Bordeaux: Travel with BKWine.
Then you have a vast range of prices to choose from. Some examples of prices per hectare:
- Champagne: 627,000€ (the only region where prices are up this year)
- Alsace: 133,000€ (curiously second most expensive)
- Bordeaux: 56,000€ (which actually is under the national average. But variations are enormous, from Champagne levels down to almost nothing)
- Fronton: 10,000€ (Oh, you don’t know where it is? Exactly. It’s a small region near Toulouse in southern France that makes very nice wines from an unusual grape variety called Negrette. But which is not very good at marketing.)
PRESS RELEASE –
New tour from BKWine: Truffles, Wine, Foie Gras and Duck, February 13-17, 2008
Truffles, wine, foie gras and duck is the theme for BKWine’s first tour in 2008. The company has just released the details for the program of this unusual wine and food tour. The tour is open to a small number of gastronomy enthusiasts and will take place on February 13-17, 2008.
The tour includes accommodation at a luxury chateau in the Bordeaux region, a morning with truffle, followed by a sumptuous truffle lunch, a gourmet workshop on how to prepare foie gras and other duck specialities as well as visits to a number of wine producers in Saint Emilion and Bergerac. Four dinners and three lunches, all including wine, are also in the package. The price for this out-of-the-ordinary four day tour is 1240 euro.
Britt Karlsson, founder of BKWine and organiser of the tour, comments on the program: “I have designed the program for this tour with the aim of giving the traveller some of the most exclusive and unique gastronomic experiences there are: truffles, foie gras and wine. And I am happy to be able to offer this at a very affordable price”.
Britt comments further on the program: “Spending a morning on a truffle hunt with a truffle dog is almost magical, and then sitting down to an all-truffle lunch is a very special experience. The other gastronomic
As always on the tours organised by BKWine, there will be several wine visits: both to the classic Saint Emilion district in
The tour is also guided and led by Britt Karlsson, who has more than ten years’ experience of organising and managing wine and food tours. Britt explains her philosophy behind her tours: “I want people to learn more about wine and food and at the same time enjoy themselves. I put a lot of effort into designing the program, choosing the most interesting producers and making them varied and interesting. Since I am also a wine writer and journalist I am fortunate to have an extensive network of contacts that allows me to put together truly exceptional programs.”
BKWine focuses solely on wine and gastronomic travel. Over the years the company has organised more than one hundred wine tours to
For more information on the wine tours:
http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine_tours.htm
Press photos on this wine and food tour, as well as on BKWine are available here:
http://www.bkwine.com/diverse/press.htm#press-photos
Contacts:
Britt Karlsson, info RemoveThisSpamBlock @bkwine.com, ph 00 33 6 80 45 35 70
Kay Steggles, kay.steggles RemoveThisSpamBlock @bkwine.com, 00 33 6 79 18 96 91
More information
- About the Wine
- About BKWine: http://www.bkwine.com/international/about_bkwine.htm
- Press photos: http://www.bkwine.com/diverse/press.htm (Additional press photos from our 20.000 pictures library can be requested for publication)
About BKWine AB:
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The Swedish government has confirmed its willingness to sell the government owned wine and spirits importer and producer V&S Vin & Sprit. Many suitors are expected, not least because Vin & Sprit owns one of the world’s leading vodka brands, Absolut. Speculations include Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Fortune Brands, and even the Finnish state owned Altia Corporation. The price tag is estimated to around $5-6 billion. Well, it’s high time that the Swedish government gets out of the business of producing and selling spirits to the international market - often in blatant conflict with Swedish public health policies.
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Only 300 participants in the demonstration on Monday in Béziers (Languedoc) protesting against the upcoming EU reform of the wine support program. Most producer organisations had preferred to await the official presentation which is expected this week. The demonstrators demanded more protectionist custom barriers and guaranteed minimum prices for the producers. It would perhaps be more productive to focus the energy on making quality wine and on selling it to consumers? MidiLibre.com
Read more...Archaeologists have found what is believed to be France’s oldest vineyard dating back to 10 AD. They have identified fragments of the fermentation tanks and water channels that are said to have been used for temperature control. The winery includes a roman villa and a 200m2 swimming pool in the garden. Decanter.com
Read more...The light-brown apple moth can devastate fruit plantations – both grape crops and other fruit such as apple (obviously), apricots, and tomatoes. The moth has not previously existed in North America but has been spotted in nine different counties in California since the beginning of the year, e.g. in Napa. Wine and fruit growers fear the worst and traps as well as pesticides have started to be used. Telegraph.co.uk. See it here
Read more...The light-brown apple moth can devastate fruit plantations – both grape crops and other fruit such as apple (obviously), apricots, and tomatoes. The moth has not previously existed in North America but has been spotted in nine different counties in California since the beginning of the year, e.g. in Napa. Wine and fruit growers fear the worst and traps as well as pesticides have started to be used. Telegraph.co.uk. See it here
Read more...A new wine agreement has just been signed by the EU and Australia. It stipulates e.g. that Australian wine producers will no longer be able to use European regulated place names for their wines, such as for example Moselle, Chablis, Champagne or Port. It also says that the EU will recognise Australian wine making practices and will allow wines to be sold in the EU even if they do not follow European regulations, as long as they follow Australian rules (for example, in Australia de-alcoholising wine is allowed but not in the EU). In both cases the rules are reciprocal (i.e. European producers will not be allowed to use Australian place names etc).
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There was some concern in wine circles in France after the appointment of Christine Lagarde as agricultural minister after the French presidential elections. The magazine L’Express had written that the new minister did not drink wine and wine being one of the main agricultural sectors, it raised questions. However, it turned out that the information was false and that the minister does drink wine (as BKWine can attest, having seen her sip a glass of champagne at a press conference recently). Shortly after, Lagarde was promoted finance minister.
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