Producer-Profiles
Expensive top wines from northern Italy with Gaia Gaja A little while ago the always equally charming Gaia Gaja made her annual visit to Stockholm to present her and her family’s wines on the Swedish
Taylor’s, a port house with a history and with plenty of good bottles We are many who uncork a bottle of port wine for Christmas. But port is a wine that is really nice the
A broad selection of sherry with some gorgeous and affordable wines We say it again: sherry is a fantastic wine. There is a big span, from bone dry almost salty finos, to super-sweet blockbuster wines
Jacquesson is a champagne house that is different. They don’t do like most others. Instead of making a “house style” with a consistent character year after year and a “cuvée prestige” they make champagnes that
Pfalz (Palatinate) is the second largest of Germany’s wine regions. Weingut von Winning is one of the better-known quality producers in Palatinate. Von Winning has a wide range of wines with everything from very affordable
Rioja is, perhaps with some competition, by far the quietest area of the blogosphere. Virtually nothing is written about Rioja, and not so much about Spanish wine, for that matter either. For a long time
Horizontal and vertical of Brunello di Montalcino with Count Cinzano Tenuta Col d’Orcia is one of the best known producers of brunello di Montalcino in Tuscany. They make several different wines, mainly red wines from
BKWine meets one of Tuscany’s leading producers over a wine tasting and lunch When Federico Carletti’s father said “here, take the keys to the vineyard”, he did not hesitate for a second. He took over
Hans Astrom is CEO of Klein Constantia, a winery in the Constantia wine region near Cape Town, since 2011. He also happens to be Swedish. We met him at the vineyard to talk about how
Agricola San Felice is a winery located in the southernmost part of Tuscany. It makes a variety of wines in various Tuscan appellations, DOC, DOCG and IGT in Chianti, Montalcino and the Maremma. When San
Forty years ago Oregon had very little winemaking. The land was cultivated with other crops, such as apples and walnuts. Few grew grapes and even less made wine. Then five families moved up and started
Porcupines, baboons, wolf traps and not so long ago they actually saw traces of a leopard. There is evidently a lot of animals roaming around Boekenhoutskloof. But maybe the label with the seven chairs is
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to Make a Port #5 of 5. John Shafer started Shafer
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to Make a Port #4 of 5. John Shafer started Shafer
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to Make a Port #3 of 5. John Shafer started Shafer
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to Make a Port #2 of 5. John Shafer started Shafer
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to Make a Port #1 of 5. John Shafer started Shafer
Business, environment and customer response have given Sweden a winery on the Skåne plains Nordic Sea Winery. It immediately turns very international. An English name on a plant in Sweden, created by a Greek, producing
The altitude where a vineyard is has a great impact on the result, on the wine. At higher altitude the temperature is cooler. A rule of thumb is that 100 metres makes a difference of
BKWine meets Mister Amarone in Stockholm In the Valpolicella district in the Veneto region in northern Italy they make the famous Amarone wine. There are both large well-known winemakers and small wineries. Masi is one
An extensive tasting of Domaine Jaboulet wines from the northern Rhone valley. Domaine Paul Jaboulet Ainé is one of the great tradition-filled wine producers in the northern Rhone Valley. After a change of ownership a
A visit to Westervin in Härna, Östergötland Not everyone happens to have a few acres of greenhouses that you do not know what to do with. But it helps if you want to grow wine
Vina Vik is a spectacular winery project at the end of a far-away valley in Chile. It was created by the Norwegian entrepreneur Alexander Vik and is managed and run by Patrick Valette and Gonzague
German wines with food? Of course! German wines are not only “garden wines”. Especially if you reach the quality levels where you can find for example Georg Breuer, one of the best wine producers in
A meeting and a tasting with Marilisa Allegrini Marilisa Allegrini is part of the family Allegrini that runs the well-known wine producer Allegrini in Veneto. They are perhaps best known for their amarone, but they
Sparkling wines are growing in popularity. Champagne is the most prestigious of bubbly, but how does an ambitious wine grower making quality wines in Italy compare with the French product? We decided to verify: a
The 2002 vintage of Bollinger RD marks the 50th anniversary of the first RD release, which was of the vintage 1952. This new, 12 years old RD was unveiled at a launch event in Stockholm.
Bollinger RD 2002 has just been launched. The first vintage from the 2000s of Bollinger RD. A champagne that has been resting on its lees in the bottle for 11 Years! It also marks the
Japan, it’s not just Sushi & Sake! Japan is actually an important whisky country. In Japan they consume a lot of whisky but it is also a prominent producer of whisky, both of the type
The Italian wine producer Mazzei has vineyards in Tuscany, in the Maremma coastal region and in Chianti. They also have since some time back vineyards in Sicily. Francesco Mazzei was in Stockholm to present their
Expensive top wines from northern Italy with Gaia Gaja A little while ago the always equally charming Gaia Gaja made her annual visit to Stockholm
Taylor’s, a port house with a history and with plenty of good bottles We are many who uncork a bottle of port wine for Christmas.
A broad selection of sherry with some gorgeous and affordable wines We say it again: sherry is a fantastic wine. There is a big span,
Jacquesson is a champagne house that is different. They don’t do like most others. Instead of making a “house style” with a consistent character year
Pfalz (Palatinate) is the second largest of Germany’s wine regions. Weingut von Winning is one of the better-known quality producers in Palatinate. Von Winning has
Rioja is, perhaps with some competition, by far the quietest area of the blogosphere. Virtually nothing is written about Rioja, and not so much about
Horizontal and vertical of Brunello di Montalcino with Count Cinzano Tenuta Col d’Orcia is one of the best known producers of brunello di Montalcino in
BKWine meets one of Tuscany’s leading producers over a wine tasting and lunch When Federico Carletti’s father said “here, take the keys to the vineyard”,
Hans Astrom is CEO of Klein Constantia, a winery in the Constantia wine region near Cape Town, since 2011. He also happens to be Swedish.
Agricola San Felice is a winery located in the southernmost part of Tuscany. It makes a variety of wines in various Tuscan appellations, DOC, DOCG
Forty years ago Oregon had very little winemaking. The land was cultivated with other crops, such as apples and walnuts. Few grew grapes and even
Porcupines, baboons, wolf traps and not so long ago they actually saw traces of a leopard. There is evidently a lot of animals roaming around
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to
Being Relentless – Shafer Vineyards’ Doug Shafer Shares his Views on Wine, Sideways, Hydrogen Sulphide, and How to Steal 300 Gallons of Excellent Cab to
Business, environment and customer response have given Sweden a winery on the Skåne plains Nordic Sea Winery. It immediately turns very international. An English name
The altitude where a vineyard is has a great impact on the result, on the wine. At higher altitude the temperature is cooler. A rule
BKWine meets Mister Amarone in Stockholm In the Valpolicella district in the Veneto region in northern Italy they make the famous Amarone wine. There are
An extensive tasting of Domaine Jaboulet wines from the northern Rhone valley. Domaine Paul Jaboulet Ainé is one of the great tradition-filled wine producers in
A visit to Westervin in Härna, Östergötland Not everyone happens to have a few acres of greenhouses that you do not know what to do
Vina Vik is a spectacular winery project at the end of a far-away valley in Chile. It was created by the Norwegian entrepreneur Alexander Vik
German wines with food? Of course! German wines are not only “garden wines”. Especially if you reach the quality levels where you can find for
A meeting and a tasting with Marilisa Allegrini Marilisa Allegrini is part of the family Allegrini that runs the well-known wine producer Allegrini in Veneto.
Sparkling wines are growing in popularity. Champagne is the most prestigious of bubbly, but how does an ambitious wine grower making quality wines in Italy
The 2002 vintage of Bollinger RD marks the 50th anniversary of the first RD release, which was of the vintage 1952. This new, 12 years
Bollinger RD 2002 has just been launched. The first vintage from the 2000s of Bollinger RD. A champagne that has been resting on its lees
Japan, it’s not just Sushi & Sake! Japan is actually an important whisky country. In Japan they consume a lot of whisky but it is
The Italian wine producer Mazzei has vineyards in Tuscany, in the Maremma coastal region and in Chianti. They also have since some time back vineyards
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