What’s on at BKWine Tours
2012-05-02
“World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com Currently scheduled “open” (i.e. not custom designed) wine tours on the English language (i.e.
“World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com Currently scheduled “open” (i.e. not custom designed) wine tours on the English language (i.e.
Japanese scientists have discovered that red wine can turn certain iron compounds into superconductors, according to PopSci.com. A superconductor can transport electricity without any significant
BKWine Brief nr 104, April 2012 The weather in April in France has been quite cold and rainy and the small buds that started growing
The weather in April in France has been quite cold and rainy and the small buds that started growing during the warm days in March
Chenin blanc is one of my favourite grapes and it is a grape that is grown, at least to any great extent, only in the
The use of sulphur to be banned? To disinfect oak barrels by burning sulphur inside is a century old tradition. Now the procedure could become
Restaurants to try in and around Porto Porto is a great city to visit. For the wines of course, post and table wine, but also
Neusiedlersee is the latest addition to the Austrian “appellations”. In Austria they are called DAC, or Districtus Austriae Controllatus. On March 28 the Austrian agriculture
Complicated wine names may be good for sales I have always thought that a complicated name on the wine label made the bottle harder to
Those of you who drink South African wines regularly have probably noticed that the quality of the wines have increased dramatically in recent years. This
Statistics and other numbers for the world of wine in 2010: the planted vineyard acreage, the wine production, wine consumption, wine exports and imports. (A
The Latte di Luna restaurant is at the very end of the main street in Pienza. You can’t miss it. This is a real family
Le Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bordeaux , CIVB, has recently published the 2011 export figures for Bordeaux. And the figures are impressive and actually
We read on vitisphere that the European Union has published figures concerning the EU wine production in 2011. Total volume produced within the union in
The grape gamay needs to be promoted. That is the opinion of Inter Beaujolais, which, according to www.thedrinksbusiness.com, now encourages the producers to mention the
One of the best meals we have had in Portugal was here at DOP in Porto. It is in the old city centre in the
At a recent trade tasting with two producers in Sweden we had the occasion to taste through part of the range from the Portuguese wine
Meerlust is an old and very established wine producer in South Africa. They also have a long history of supplying wines to the Swedish market.
The focus of Mesdames-Messieurs is clearly on the wine. And on organic – and similar – wines in particular. They call themselves “bar à vin
It is now possible for internet shops to sell directly to consumers (see other story). The latest addition is an eshop specialised in wines from
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