More and more champagne houses mention the disgorging date on the label. A champagne often spends several years in the cool cellar of the producer,
Spring has not yet quite dared to make an entry on the scene here in northern France. On Thursday we may even get some snow.
Spring has not yet quite dared to make an entry on the scene here in northern France. On Thursday we may even get some snow.
Learn how to make wine like a winemaker in a blending workshop But it is not much of a secret. Most winemakers are very happy
10 or 12 producers in Alsace recently formed a group called Groupe Transverse Alsace 2015. The group believes that the wine industry in Alsace needs
BKWine judges the annual wine competition for white Bordeaux. And an intro to the Entre deux Mers appellation We tasted several exciting white Bordeaux wines
There is a new section on our travel site where we publish some examples, samples, of wine tour programs, just to give you a feeling
Are the statistics true and accurate? And comparable? We recently passed the five million page views mark, but how does one interpret the numbers on
We have passed 5 million “page views”, but it is difficult to interpret web statistics We have recently passed the five million “page loads” mark,
To have fine, healthy grapes when it is time to pick means everything, or at least a lot, to the quality of the wine. And
It is quite fun to be part of the jury in wine competitions. It is also very good blind tasting practice. And above all, it
Two crazy Swedes make Italian wine in Stockholm The strange story of how two Swedish wine enthusiasts began making wine on Lidingö, an island that
They make wonderful wines in Alsace and the landscape is wonderfully beautiful. It has long been a popular wine region in Sweden (at least as
Arrogant Frog and Fat Bastard are two rather unpleasant brand names for unpretentious French wines. And they happen to be big sellers on the export
It is best to judge organic wines on their quality, not by a philosophy Do wine consumers have greater expectations when they drink organic wines?
The “best” wine travel destination is of course a matter of personal taste. If one wants impressive chateaux, famous names, beautiful landscapes, not yet discovered
The usual infighting between French appellations… Renaming the French table wines to Vin de France was an ingenious move. They were formerly called vin de
Porto, at the mouth of the Douro River, is an interesting city. Its twin across the Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia, is where you find
A new association to promote South African quality wines South Africa is probably most famous for its wines in the entry and middle price segment,
A great occasion to taste malbec wines from all over the world! As if you needed any excuse to drink malbec wines, the Malbec World
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