BKWine Tastes: Red and white from the Rhône Valley
2023-12-22
The Rhône Valley has an enormous wealth of wines to offer. You will find wines here for most occasions. We have recently tasted wines from
The Rhône Valley has an enormous wealth of wines to offer. You will find wines here for most occasions. We have recently tasted wines from
The importer Carovin recently held a tasting with the winemaking couple and husbands Andrew and Rosie Gunn at Hotel Nobis in Stockholm. We tasted six
Systembolaget’s report for the third quarter of 2023 has some interesting figures: Turnover Q3 was SEK 9.8 billion, an increase of almost SEK 200 million
Sweet Christmas delights can be chocolate, marrons glacés or a sweet wine. Here are some last-minute recommendations and inspiration. Christmas is not quite complete without
In the US, the big news from the wine world this week has been that the American Court of Master Sommeliers is said to have
— Not yet time to abandon the New World — In the US, the big news from the wine world this week has been that
Can you help Ukraine and democracy by drinking champagne? Maybe — with the project Victoire de la dignité. It’s been a week of ups and
Champagne growers on a visit to Stockholm with the Franska Vinlistan serve Nobel Prize wine It has almost become a tradition. At the end of
OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine) announces that the 2023 wine harvest is the lowest in more than 60 years due to severe weather
The sorting machines and sorting tables worked overtime during the 2023 harvest in France. Overall quality has been excellent and in some places this equipment
China has received its first Demeter-certified vineyard. Demeter is the worldwide (private) certification for biodynamic agriculture. The winery is Silver Heights and is located in
Sometimes it is difficult to know what grape variety you have in the vineyard or at home. For example, in Chile, people thought they had
We ended up in the middle of the harvest when we visited Bordeaux around September 20th. We had expected to see some gloomy faces, but
Impressions from a wine show with producers from Australia and New Zealand. Overall, the quality level was very high among the wines at the show,
We don’t usually write about olive trees and olive oil. But they are frequently seen close to vineyards, and they, like the vine, have a
The other month, we wrote in the Brief about rules and regulations in the wine industry. The other day, I had reason to ponder this
— All the strange things that you can find on a wine label — The other month, we wrote in the Brief about rules and
The release of beaujolais nouveau used to be a big event, the third Thursday in November. The very first chance to try this year’s wine.
Irrigation has always been strictly regulated in the European vineyards. But drought affects more and more wine vineyards, and the rules are loosened. It has
Alsace wants to try out 16 new grape varieties to see if they can help wine producers in the region cope with climate change and
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