A number of French wine regions were recently ‘promoted’ to Appellation Contrôlée by a decree by the INAO: Saint-Mont, Tursan, Saint-Sardos, Côtes de Millau, Vins
There are a lot of wine cooperatives in France, some of them good, some of them bad. One of the best is to be found
Château La Garde in Pessac-Léognan is a beautiful small chateau in the style which in French is called chartreuse. The chateau was bought by Dourthe
We have had a few mentions in the press about our wine tours recently. Travel Weekly wrote about BKWine as a “travel operator with a
“Plenty of people have found good reasons to travel in both Croatia and Slovenia – think unspoiled Adriatic coastlines, well-preserved Roman sites, medieval hilltop villages,
What’s on at BKWine Tours “World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com BKWine offers you two possibilities to go wine travelling
BKWine Brief # 95, June 2011 Finally some summer. We had a sampling of summer in April and early May but after that it has
Finally some summer. We had a sampling of summer in April and early May but after that it has been rather chilly. Summer can be
We recently wrote a short article on a typical morning on a wine tour: a few grand crus, a 2000 thrown in just to illustrate
AskMen.com has made a list of the top ten of the up-and-coming wine regions, regions that are worth to get to know better. (Last month
Biodynamic winemaking is a subject that elicits very diverging views (and that is often misunderstood). Some wine commentators (and winemakers) are totally convinced that the
Some interesting statistics from CIVB on wine growing and wine production in Bordeaux: 117,500 hectares of vineyard land 60 appellations (AOCs) 5.7 million hl made
Even though it’s primarily for a Swedish audience we can’t help mentioning it here: We recently wrote an article on Italy, an introduction to the
“Why don’t you use screw cap?” is a question that winemakers are often asked when people come and visit (especially if the visitors are Swedish!
Almost all wines (counted in volume) are filtered in one way or another. There are a few wine producers who do not filter their wines.
Global Wine Markets, 1961 to 2009: A Statistical Compendium is the name of a recently published book on the international trade in wine, published by
The Swedish monopoly retailer Systembolaget has cancelled sales of a wine brand called Wacky Chicks whose label is covered with pouting lips or lipstick prints,
This time of the year food and wine magazines are full of suggestions as to which wines to choose for the outdoor summer parties. So
A few years back all EU countries agreed to a reform of the agricultural policies concerning the wine sector. One element was to abolish the
Soleilla means sun in Occitan, the ancient language langue d’oc. Mas du Soleilla is beautifully situated, close to the sea, in the region of La
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