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
The weather in April in France has been quite cold and rainy and the small buds that started growing during the warm days in March have been suffering night time frost in some parts on
It seems that the wine world have been caught up a new insane craze or hysteria. This thing with “natural wines” Every wine magazine, wine journalist, wine blogger etc is writing about “natural wines”, either
Rebuilding a web site is exciting. There is always something new and unexpected that happens. Many of you have had some troubles accessing our site recently and we apologise for that. That is one of
If last month was special because it was BKWine Brief issue number 100 this month’s Brief is special for another reason. We have discovered that there are some issues with the delivery of the Brief
We are probably at least as surprised as anyone else. That we have reached number 100 of the BKWine Brief! It all started in May 2003. Well, it really started long before that if we
Ninety nine and a half – November was quite simply not a good month to make issue one hundred. You will have to wait until December! We have just arrived home after 5 days in
There are a lot of different things we would like to write about: why vintages no longer matter that much (or matter differently), why the classification systems are uninteresting, why the system with planting rights
It is September, as often, the Brief will be slightly unusual… this is the time of year when we are constantly travelling. There are many good reasons to be travelling in the vineyards at this
BKWine Brief Issue 97, August 2011 This requires an explanation! Why are we late? This is the August newsletter and you should have received it around two weeks ago. You may have noticed that we
”No, that’s not correct. You can’t say that”, I was told off. It felt a bit like being squashed down the shoes, especially since it was a Master of Wine who said it – at
Finally some summer. We had a sampling of summer in April and early May but after that it has been rather chilly. Summer can be a good occasion to spend some more time with good
— Important: This newsletter has been “imported” from our old archive. Links, formatting and images do not necessarily work correctly! — The competition in the wine world today is tough whatever the price segment. It
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Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 89, December 2010 2010 is rapidly approaching its end. It is often the occasion to summarize what’s happened over the year, and in our case it is the wine
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This is nice: ”World’s Top Wine Tours”! That’s what the worlds biggest travel magazine says about BKWine. We’re very proud! Travel and Leisure Magazine has recently published a web feature on the world’s best wine
New issue of the BKWine Brief out. Here’s the intro: It has been an eventful few weeks lately. Most dramatic, and tragic, is the earth quake in Chile. It has cased much damage in the
You, us and The Brief We do put in quite a lot of effort and time into making the Brief each month. Partially because it is interesting and fun to do it. But also since,
Just like last year, we did some brain storming (late one night after some good bottles of course) on what might be the trends in the wine world in the coming year. You can read
At this time of the year we start thinking of what port wines we might find in our cellar, to bring up to the table for the festivities. This year we already know exactly which
It’s done. The book is on its way from the printer’s. We haven’t seen it yet but will soon. We’re very excited. On Thursday November 19 we will have a launch event in Stockholm, so
The big thing for us right now is that our new book is finished. Really finished. We will have it in our hands in just a few weeks! We’re really excited. The book tells the
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:
The weather in April in France has been quite cold and rainy and the small buds that started growing during the warm days in March
It seems that the wine world have been caught up a new insane craze or hysteria. This thing with “natural wines” Every wine magazine, wine
Rebuilding a web site is exciting. There is always something new and unexpected that happens. Many of you have had some troubles accessing our site
If last month was special because it was BKWine Brief issue number 100 this month’s Brief is special for another reason. We have discovered that
We are probably at least as surprised as anyone else. That we have reached number 100 of the BKWine Brief! It all started in May
Ninety nine and a half – November was quite simply not a good month to make issue one hundred. You will have to wait until
There are a lot of different things we would like to write about: why vintages no longer matter that much (or matter differently), why the
It is September, as often, the Brief will be slightly unusual… this is the time of year when we are constantly travelling. There are many
BKWine Brief Issue 97, August 2011 This requires an explanation! Why are we late? This is the August newsletter and you should have received it
”No, that’s not correct. You can’t say that”, I was told off. It felt a bit like being squashed down the shoes, especially since it
Finally some summer. We had a sampling of summer in April and early May but after that it has been rather chilly. Summer can be
— Important: This newsletter has been “imported” from our old archive. Links, formatting and images do not necessarily work correctly! — The competition in the
— Important: This newsletter has been “imported” from our old archive. Links, formatting and images do not necessarily work correctly! — Our new site on
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Welcome to the BKWine Brief nr 89, December 2010 2010 is rapidly approaching its end. It is often the occasion to summarize what’s happened over
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— Please note: this newsletter has been imported to the archive from our old site. Formatting and images will not display correctly! Links will in
This is nice: ”World’s Top Wine Tours”! That’s what the worlds biggest travel magazine says about BKWine. We’re very proud! Travel and Leisure Magazine has
New issue of the BKWine Brief out. Here’s the intro: It has been an eventful few weeks lately. Most dramatic, and tragic, is the earth
You, us and The Brief We do put in quite a lot of effort and time into making the Brief each month. Partially because it
Just like last year, we did some brain storming (late one night after some good bottles of course) on what might be the trends in
At this time of the year we start thinking of what port wines we might find in our cellar, to bring up to the table
It’s done. The book is on its way from the printer’s. We haven’t seen it yet but will soon. We’re very excited. On Thursday November
The big thing for us right now is that our new book is finished. Really finished. We will have it in our hands in just
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