What’s on at BKWine Tours – July news
2011-07-29
This is our monthly update on what wine tours there currently are on our public program – English edition. “World’s Best Wine Tours” – Travel
This is our monthly update on what wine tours there currently are on our public program – English edition. “World’s Best Wine Tours” – Travel
”No, that’s not correct. You can’t say that”, I was told off. It felt a bit like being squashed down the shoes, especially since it
”No, that’s not correct. You can’t say that”, I was told off. It felt a bit like being squashed down the shoes, especially since it
Prices for Bordeaux primeurs are mainly going up. Again. Is that a cause for concern? No, we argue. Most if not all chateau in Bordeaux
One of the things that contribute to the ageing of wine is oxygen. Aging is, partially, a slow oxidation of the wine. It leads to
Moët & Chandon, the world’s biggest producer of champagne and is owned by the luxury group LVMH has invested in a vineyard in China to
There are many different types of microbes (minuscule organisms) that contribute to making the wine into what it is. Many of them are desirable and
The two champagne houses Piper Heidsieck and Charles Heidsieck have been sold. The previous owner, Rémy Cointreau, could not get the two champagne producers sufficiently
A newly opened bistro-chic owned by Swede Johan Björklund, previous owner of London based wine company Cave Cru Classé. But Johan started his career as
OIV estimates the world wine consumption for 2010 to around 236.3 Mhl which is a small decrease compared to 2009 (-0.2 M hl / -0,1%).
The world’s total wine production in 2010 is estimated to around 260 million hectolitre (Mhl). It is a decrease with around 4% from 2009. This
According to recent statistics wine sales on the internet grew with 30% compared to last year and reached 176 M euro in France. The increase
Just like for the last issue we can offer the readers of the BKWine Brief newsletter a free sample issue of the hyper-exclusive wine magazine
We only have numbers from Sweden but we suspect that the situation is similar in other Nordic countries. Midsummer is one of the most important
Modern style restaurant and wine bar. For lunch they offer a menu for 15 euro or choose something à la carte, maybe grilled sardines –
Even on the Swedish monopoly market there exists since a few years back wine auctions. It is of course the monopolist itself, the Systembolaget, who
According to a report in Decanter the Canadian province of Ontario will introduce an upper limit for how much an empty bottle of wine may
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
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