Fair trade, sustainable, organic,… Is it perhaps a meaningless terminology? “Sustainable” is actually quite a curious terminology. Not least for wine. Sometimes it is used
My personal overview of the schedule and program for the EWBC conference, pre-, and post-trips in November Have you signed up for the European Wine
In France, women buy the food and men the wine. Of course, with some generalization, but in La Vigne, we read of a survey conducted
A vineyard in Provence that also traces its roots to Bordeaux recently organised a tasting with wines back to 1970: Chateau Vignelaure in Coteaux d’Aix
Syrah du Monde is a wine competition for wines made from the syrah grapes. No prize for guessing. As with all competitions, you can only
BKWine has just launched a new wine tour destination: Chile and Argentina. It is a spectacular wine tour that will show you some of the
The Harbour House Restaurant in Kalk Bay has a fabulous location in the harbour with its feet in the water. One is glad that the
Cape Wine is to be held in the Cape Town Convention Centre from 25 to 27 September 2012. This is a trade event “with loads
On the wine tour we recently did in Veneto in northern Italy we visited several different wine regions around Verona. We tasted red wines in
“World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com Currently available scheduled tours on the wine travel program. Do take a look at
Britt had the honour to be named “Wine Personality of the Year” last year by the world’s biggest wine tasting association, the Munskankarna club. One
In the March Brief we said that Beaujolais needs promoting. And we would like to do our part. Because when a Beaujolais wine is of
BKWine Brief nr 105, May 2012 Selling wine is not easy. Some (regions/producers) think it will be easier if they get their own appellation, as
Selling wine is not easy. Some (regions/producers) think it will be easier if they get their own appellation, as we mentioned in the last Brief:
Tenuta Regaleali, or Tasca d’Almerita makes some interesting Sicilian wines It is a dramatic, mountainous landscape. In the distance the sheep are grazing quietly and
Le Cinq-Mars is a typical, friendly restaurant du quartier where people working in the offices all around come and have lunch and local residents have
More on Bordeaux. They have been doing some interesting experiments at Château Margaux reveals The Wine Sleuth, an interesting wine blog. At a tasting in
Finca Flichman is one of the wine producers in Mendoza with active European involvement. Sogrape has continued to invest in the bodega since the acquisition
Talking about primeur wines (previous note on Lafite), Château Latour has announced its intention to stop selling its wines en primeur, that is to say,
When we were on our South African wine tour in March we had the opportunity to meet with Teddy Hall. Again we should say. We
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