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BKWine Brief #42 is now out. You can find it here. This is how it starts: Decanting the wine… Sounds perhaps old-fashioned or snobbish? But

Each year Business Week makes a survey of the world’s 100 most powerful brands. This year there is one wine and two spirits brands that

– “French have a shot at vodka” – In the last Brief we mentioned Blanche d’Armagnac, the new “white” spirit from the Armagnac district. CNN

DrinksMediaWire (DMW) is a relatively new service for companies in the drinks industry. It is a specialised press release distribution and communications service. They have

– Yes and no, judging from my own experience and from my dentist. If I taste a lot of wines (especially whites) I certainly have

From the beginning of next year the INAO (Institut National des Appellations Contrôlées), the French control body for appellations, will change shape and responsibilities. To

2006 was very warm and dry in Portugal. The total harvest is expected to be 6.9 million hectolitres, which is down 4% compared to last

Austria has approved a new quality wine area, DAC, which stands for Districtus Austria Controllatus: Traisental. On 770 hectares they grow primarily Gruner Veltliner (63%),

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The well known Bourgogne négociant Boisset has joined forces with Canada’s biggest wine company, Vincor, to invest in a new venture. It will be the

American officials have approved a new AVA (American Viticultural Area): Tracy Hills. Tracy hills covers 39,200 acres (some 20,000 hectares) close to the city of

– On August 2 a new appellation was approved by Spanish authorities, called Viñedos de España. Consejo Regulador de Navarra has filed a complaint in

Thanks to unusually cold weather at the end of November, the ice wine has already been harvested in parts of Canada. On November 26 the