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
Vinosus is a wine show organised by three Norwegian wine importers: Vinarius, Vinum and PlusVini. It takes place in Oslo on April 22 and 23.
After a short pause we are back with a new Wine of the Month, this time by Asa. The wine producer G D Vajra was
Facebook can be a fun and easy way to keep in contact with old (and new!) friends and to get informed about what’s going on.
Here is the list of the top ten articles for January, i.e. those that had the most readers (in English): Wine Tweeting 1: how to
Found in a dusty corner (on YouTube) a video that we had done quite some time back but that has never been published on BKWine
Internet wine shops can today sell directly to Swedish consumers and bypass the monopoly. The Swedish wine market is dominated by the monopoly retailer, Systembolaget
Just before Christmas we wrote about the applications of Burgundy and Champagne to be the French candidate for the 2012 UNESCO world cultural heritage. The
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