Robert Joseph founded (together with Charles Metcalf) a long time ago Wine International Magazine and the International Wine Challenge. He has written some 30 wine
According to research done by PowerBoutique sales of wine over the internet grew with 171% between 2006 and 2007 compared to +31% for the average
BKWine Travel Stories: vintage organic Millésime Bio is the only (as far as we know) wine fair dedicated to “vins bios”. Bio wines translates to
Laetitia Bléger won the title Miss France in 2004. She’s the daughter of a winemaker in Alsace and after her Miss modelling career she has
Sherry is another of those wines that definitely deserves to be more appreciated by the wine lovers. Especially the wonderfully dry and crisp fino with
I wonder if Robert Parker is honorary citizen of Châteauneuf-du-Pape? If he’s not (and I imagine that’s the case), then perhaps he should be. He
It’s raining, but nothing can change our detirmination to go truffles hunting. We have our truffles man, whos well hidden at the end of a
We start the day with Domaine Tour de Videaux in Pierrefeu. Paul Volker (no, it’s not the ex-Chariman of the Federal Reserve) runs the domain
Yesterday we arrived in a nice late afternoon sunshine and a weatehr that is definitely much more clement than when we left Paris. Antibes has
At the Syrah Symposium in May 2008 grape researchers established that the syrah variety is not originating from Greece, the Middle East or any other
Copper and substances containing copper are frequently used to fight mildew. It is even permitted in organic farming (even though it can hardly be claimed
Can we look forward to soon seeing a Bordeaux chardonnay? Perhaps. The producer organisations for AC Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur has requested permission from the
Criteria: an interesting wine (not too cheap) and one that you can enjoy with dinner or friends (not too expensive). And very good! Selected by
It is not quite what you expect – that a Japanese restaurant has what is no doubt one of the best (if not the best)
Pinxo is run by Alain Dutornier from the Michelin-starred restaurant Carré des Feuillant, just a few blocks away. The decoration is very Spartan with a
This is one of the biggest wine producers in Portugal, with head quarters on the Setúbal peninsula south of Lisbon. On the edge of the
Martine Pagès and Christophe Molinier are both trained oenologists. They run this 50 ha family property in the Corbières in Languedoc. They have 10 ha
BKWine bigger than Wine Spectator? Well, it depends how you count. We were surprised recently when we saw that BKWine TV had more viewers than
Not sure about the English equivalent, but in Swedish you say that one should not swear in church. Perhaps the alternative is, one does not
According to the latest statistics from the OIV (Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin) the surplus of wine produced in the world seems
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