World’s sparkling wines

Author: Per Karlsson
December 3, 2005

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Author: Per Karlsson
December 3, 2005

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For the third time, the competition Effervecents du Monde was held in Dijon on November 17 & 18. Three Great Gold Medals were awarded: Pillitteri Estates Winery in Canada for the Sparkling Icewine Vidal 2004 (!) (www.pillitteri.com), Champagne Canard Duchêne Brut Cuvée Léonie (www.canard-duchene.com), and La Cave de Die Jaillance Clairette de Die Tradition (www.jaillance.com). 31 Gold Medals were distributed to wines from the following countries: Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, France, Spain, Chile, Brazil, Austria and Germany. Full results here: www.effervescents-du-monde.com
Photo: Effervecents du Monde.

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Per Karlsson

Swedish. Per is co-founder together with his wife Britt of BKWine. Rumour has it that his interest in wine started already when he was 11. Just like Britt he visits some 200 wineries each year on wine tours and for journalistic research. He writes about wine primarily online on BKWine Magazine and in the BKWine Brief. Per is also a professional photographer, specialising in wine and travel photography. See BKWine Photography for more on this. Since a few years back he has also branched out into video production on the same subject. He has contributed all images, and some text, to BKWine’s wine books.

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Per Karlsson