Tag: wine school

Learn more about wine with our fact-filled articles under the heading ”wine school”. On how to make wine, on wine regions, on grape varieties, on tasting wine and much, much more. Facts about the wonderful world of wine. Everything from in-depth technical articles on viticulture and winemaking to tasting tips to learn more about flavours and characters.

Sorting the grapes at Bodegas Baigorri

Sorting of grapes or grape bunches

Grape sorting is a technique to improve the quality of the wine. It can take place in the vineyard, on the vine, or after harvest. Here we look at the grape sorting and selection after

Harvesting oak bark for cork, Alentejo, Portugal

On cork: interview with Amorim [E] – BKWine TV

Cork in the bottle? Interview with Carlos de Jesus, marketing and communications director from Amorim, the worlds largest producer of natural cork. There has been a lot of criticism of cork in recent years, and

An introduction to Austrian wine [E] – BKWine TV

An introduction to Austrian wine and wine regions with views of some of the vineyards. On the grape varieties grown: gruner veltliner, riesling, zweigelt, gewurztraminer, pinot noir and others. Some words on the wine styles,

Domaine Giraud, Marie Giraud interview [E] – BKWine TV

Interview with Marie Giraud co-proprietor and co-winemaker of Domaine Giraud. She runs the property with his brother Francois. It’s a family vineyard since 40 years back. Marie works with the Vinification and Francois works with

Terres Dorees Le Buissy, cuvee a l'ancienne 1999, Jean-Paul Brun, Beaujolais, back label, unfiltered

Good or bad to filter wine? – again

Our piece on filtering wine (is it good or bad? – in view of today’s trend of boasting “unfiltered” on the label) a while back sparked a comment from a reader. (Comments are always welcome!)

Domaine Bertrand-Berge, Paziols, Fitou, Languedoc

Fitou – quality in southern Languedoc

Fitou is at the very southern edge of Languedoc, just before it changes to Roussillon. It is a region that has since long tried to keep a high quality profile. This region, basking in sun,

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