One of the things you discover when you travel around wine regions is that there are many, many more wine producers than those that are well-known and internationally distributed. He who is content to just
Right now there are two important things going on. No it’s not the Middle East. Nor Ukraine. Not even the new Swedish government or Scottish secession vote. It is the wine harvest and the wine
The first thing I have to say is that we are very excited. Very excited to soon see our first book in English, on organic and biodynamic and natural wines, on the shelves in book
It’s 7 PM. Time for an aperitif. A “drink” before dinner. What’s your favourite kind of aperitif? We actually have a fairly limited repertoire of aperitifs. We rarely take a have “regular” wine. Well it
It’s summertime and you long for white wines, right? There are so many white wines suitable for summer food. You can find a white wine to go with everything you eat, except perhaps lamb and
The Drink Business had a fat headline the other day: “Natural wines can be aged for 50 years.” Said by Isabelle Legeron, a French wine expert and a big advocate for this type of wines.
Winemakers in different countries face different problems. When we were in South Africa in March harvest was in full swing. Several times we had discussions on how to keep the baboons away from the vineyard.
One of the joys of travelling to different wine regions is that you actually also get a bit of an insight into the culture, history, tradition and society of the regions or countries your visit.
A few years back I read a detective novel that taught me a new expression (new for me) in Swedish. Not quite easy to translate but it goes something like this “oh, it’s a lot
What is the best qualification to have when drinking wine? Well, curiosity. Not a good nose or amazing taste buds. It is worth much more to be curious at what other producers are doing, in
2013 is almost over. Thank you dear reader! You who read the BKWine Brief and BKWine Magazine! It is thanks to you that we continue to write. It is thanks to you that BKWine Magazine
As easy as 1-2-3 is not what it is to produce a new issue of the Brief (hint: look at what issue it is). We are still recovering – catching up – from a rather
Christmas comes just after August. That is at least what we sometimes think. September and October is our most busy travel season so at the end of August we can look forward to a busy
This is shaping up to be an interesting and challenging year in the vineyards. An ice-cold spring until the end of June. Then one of the best summers in a long time, until the end
Welcome back, in case you have been on holidays. There is in many situations a turning point when you know if things go in the right direction or not or from which point things are
One would be tempted to think that in summer time with vacation going on that the Brief would be short, that sun and other more important thing would take precedence. But not so. Here is
Time for some summer reading, even if the summer has not really wanted to show its face yet here in France. Today was the first time we had lunch on the balcony here in Paris…
Ten years ago, in 2003, Malta, Slovenia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia decided to join the European Union. John Maxwell Coetzee won the literature prize in the Nobel awards. Talking
It is time for les primeurs, whether you like tender asparagus or Bordeaux wines. So there has been much focus lately on the vintage 2012. A vintage that is still resting in the chateaux cellars.
Spring has not yet quite dared to make an entry on the scene here in northern France. On Thursday we may even get some snow. This is the coldest spring we have ever experienced in
The other day we had a very nice wine for dinner. I had to taste it blind, of course. It was immediately obvious that it had quite a few years in the cellar. The colour
50 wine producers from Cahors, each with three wines. It was a tough morning today… To taste a large number of wines in a short period of time can be straining. Is straining. Some people
A new year is beginning and also, probably, new discussions and new debates in the world of wine. What will be the main topics during 2013? Planting rights and the declining influence of Robert Parker?
The first thing we just have to tell you is that our new book won the prize as Best Wine Book for Professionals in Sweden by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards! We just received the
This year’s most hectic wine travel season has come to an end. The very last of our autumn wine tours, to a Sicily with nice summer-ish weather, finished on Sunday. The only remaining travel on
This is a very hectic period, both for wine producers and for us at BKWine. The harvest will be late in many wine districts this year. In some places they have started but many are
We are getting more and more excited. It is a certain nervousness or anxiety that is building up. Next week we will launch our new book! What will people say?! The book’s title is Wine
BKWine Brief nr 107, July 2012 Five hectares is not much. But apparently that is the total planted acreage of the folle noire grape in France. The relative folle blanche is much more common. It
In this brief we write about several wine competitions. One is very special, almost a curiosity: A competition to nominate the wine with the most successful (or best) malolactic fermentation. I wonder how you judge
Selling wine is not easy. Some (regions/producers) think it will be easier if they get their own appellation, as we mentioned in the last Brief: two new appellations in the Loire Valley that no one
One of the things you discover when you travel around wine regions is that there are many, many more wine producers than those that are
Right now there are two important things going on. No it’s not the Middle East. Nor Ukraine. Not even the new Swedish government or Scottish
The first thing I have to say is that we are very excited. Very excited to soon see our first book in English, on organic
It’s 7 PM. Time for an aperitif. A “drink” before dinner. What’s your favourite kind of aperitif? We actually have a fairly limited repertoire of
It’s summertime and you long for white wines, right? There are so many white wines suitable for summer food. You can find a white wine
The Drink Business had a fat headline the other day: “Natural wines can be aged for 50 years.” Said by Isabelle Legeron, a French wine
Winemakers in different countries face different problems. When we were in South Africa in March harvest was in full swing. Several times we had discussions
One of the joys of travelling to different wine regions is that you actually also get a bit of an insight into the culture, history,
A few years back I read a detective novel that taught me a new expression (new for me) in Swedish. Not quite easy to translate
What is the best qualification to have when drinking wine? Well, curiosity. Not a good nose or amazing taste buds. It is worth much more
2013 is almost over. Thank you dear reader! You who read the BKWine Brief and BKWine Magazine! It is thanks to you that we continue
As easy as 1-2-3 is not what it is to produce a new issue of the Brief (hint: look at what issue it is). We
Christmas comes just after August. That is at least what we sometimes think. September and October is our most busy travel season so at the
This is shaping up to be an interesting and challenging year in the vineyards. An ice-cold spring until the end of June. Then one of
Welcome back, in case you have been on holidays. There is in many situations a turning point when you know if things go in the
One would be tempted to think that in summer time with vacation going on that the Brief would be short, that sun and other more
Time for some summer reading, even if the summer has not really wanted to show its face yet here in France. Today was the first
Ten years ago, in 2003, Malta, Slovenia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Latvia decided to join the European Union. John Maxwell
It is time for les primeurs, whether you like tender asparagus or Bordeaux wines. So there has been much focus lately on the vintage 2012.
Spring has not yet quite dared to make an entry on the scene here in northern France. On Thursday we may even get some snow.
The other day we had a very nice wine for dinner. I had to taste it blind, of course. It was immediately obvious that it
50 wine producers from Cahors, each with three wines. It was a tough morning today… To taste a large number of wines in a short
A new year is beginning and also, probably, new discussions and new debates in the world of wine. What will be the main topics during
The first thing we just have to tell you is that our new book won the prize as Best Wine Book for Professionals in Sweden
This year’s most hectic wine travel season has come to an end. The very last of our autumn wine tours, to a Sicily with nice
This is a very hectic period, both for wine producers and for us at BKWine. The harvest will be late in many wine districts this
We are getting more and more excited. It is a certain nervousness or anxiety that is building up. Next week we will launch our new
BKWine Brief nr 107, July 2012 Five hectares is not much. But apparently that is the total planted acreage of the folle noire grape in
In this brief we write about several wine competitions. One is very special, almost a curiosity: A competition to nominate the wine with the most
Selling wine is not easy. Some (regions/producers) think it will be easier if they get their own appellation, as we mentioned in the last Brief:
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