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Recommendations for wine bars in Stockholm? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:06 pm
I am about to go to Stockholm for a few days and have to fill the days with something. What better than to explore all the wine bars in Stockholm? It seems to have cropped up a lot of new wine bars i...
Government sales campaigns for organic wines? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
The organic winegrowers in Languedoc-Roussillon say that the state, through advertising campaigns, should encourage French people to drink organic wines. It is difficult for us to do it ourselves, say...
Here’s how much you are allowed to harvest in Champagne this year 26 Aug 2013 | 12:22 pm
Detail of a champagne press, “la cuvee”, copyright BKWine Photography Champagne has now decided how many kilos of grapes that growers will be allowed to pick this fall. Champagne differs from other d...
New BKWine Brief out, #120: on Bordeaux, Turkey, plantations, oak, wine tours | The wine newsletter 25 Aug 2013 | 03:34 pm
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 particularly impor...
BKWine Brief nr 120, August 2013 25 Aug 2013 | 03:15 pm
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 particularly impor...
Uncorked: Good wines we have tasted recently, August 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Tasting glasses at Vinisud, copyright BKWine Photography Uncorked: Under this heading we collect various wines that we have tasted, and liked, recently. It can be wines that we have had during dinner...
Caillou blanc de Château Talbot 1993, Bordeaux Blanc | Britt’s Wine of the Month 23 Aug 2013 | 12:53 pm
White wine fermenting in barrels, copyright BKWine Photography White Bordeaux wines can be really good. The fact is that we are rarely disappointed. And yet they are relatively unknown. Some white Pe...
The whole truth! Or just half the truth? Adding sugar to wine 22 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
There is currently a serious lobbying effort in the EU regarding sugar in wine, we read in Vitisphere. The lobbyists want to introduce rules that would make it compulsory to mention “sugar added” on t...
Stormy weather in July 22 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
Burgundy suffered from disastrous hail storms on July 23. In the Côte de Beaune some wineries have had their entire vineyard destroyed. The agriculture minister Stephane Le Foll were quick to announce...
2013 – a good year in Argentina 22 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm
Malbec vines in the vineyard in Mendoza, copyright BKWine Photography They are 6 month ahead in the southern hemisphere so the harvest in e.g. Argentina is finished. This year the Argentinean harves...
