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BKWine will be offering a series of wine tastings in Paris this autumn for English speakers. The tastings will be on begginner’s and intermediate level

BKWine, who is one of Scandinavias most active organisers of wine tours, now launches a selection of tours in English to French wine regions. The

The EU allocated a special budget for distilling excess wine: the wine producers had to apply to have their wines distilled and would then be

Journée Vinicole writes that the Norwegian ministry of Justice wondered if the articles written on wine in the Norwegian press should be considered as advertisements.

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This beautiful hôtel particulier has been transformed into a trendy restaurant without losing its noble character. The walls have been painted in a warm burgundy

A tiny restaurant with amusing and colourful details and a very ambitious cuisine. The speciality of the house is ravioli (but there are other things

This big chateau in the northern part om Médoc belongs to the family Delon, who also owns the more famous Château Léoville-las-Cases i Saint-Julien and

Philippe Delarche has 9 hectares of vines in Côte de Beaune, and apart from Pernand-Vergelesses he also makes a little Corton and Corton-Charlemagne. His red

Resveratrol is a substance that can be found in wine and that is believed to be good for your health. Now there is a site

According to our information (and as a confirmation of previous rumours) Vranken has bought Listel (owned mainly by Val d’Orbieu and the bank Credit Agricole).

Take a look in the calendar at the bottom of the Brief. There you have the upcoming wine auctions at Sotheby’s in London and New

The famous Burgundy house Remoissenet was recently sold to an American investor called Edward Millstein for around 10 million euro. Millstein bought Remoissenet in collaboration

Blaxta Vineyard just south of Stockholm was given a silver medal for its Vidal Ice Wine 2003 at Challange International du Vin at Vinexpo (www.challengeduvin.fr)

Every once in a while you see an new internet shop that tries and sell wine. That it is not very easy to do that

In the last Brief we mentioned that Fine Expressions, a magazine on wine and rinks, has been launched in the UK. You can get a

At the opening of Vinexpo the French minister of agriculture said ‘The French offer does not always win over new consumers, who sometimes prefer products

Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2005 have been given in four different categories: * Wine Writer of the Year 2005: John Stimpfig, articles in

In a survey by Deloitte almost half of the wineries were found to have made losses in 2004. As in France, the government has stepped

INAO has approved Beaume de Venise as a new AOC. The wine was previously part of Côtes du Rhône Villages. Permitted grape varieties are Grenache