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South Africa’s biggest export markets 16 Aug 2011 | 08:07 pm
Here are the top export markets for South African wines: UK 104 million hectolitre Germany 72 Mhl ....... This new blog post is now available on our NEW BLOG LOCATION: The NEW BKWine Blog on BKWin...
Half a million hectares of vineyard land for sale 8 Aug 2011 | 07:56 pm
If you are really aiming to be a volume producer this might be your chance. 989,000 acres, around half a million hectares, of land is for sale in Argentina. It is claimed that it is the biggest patch ...
So how did the Bordeaux primeurs 2010 taste? 5 Aug 2011 | 08:06 pm
Tasting primeurs is not as difficult as it is sometimes said. Wines that young, just barely six months after harvest (tasted in April), can be wonderfully attractive: lots of fruit, hopefully ripe tan...
2,000,000 visitors on BKWine.com 29 Jul 2011 | 08:12 pm
Congratulations dear visitor number 2,000,000 on BKWine.com. The site recently counted its two millionth visitor! Statistics on the internet is always a bit tricky. First, there is not really and tot...
10 microbes that you may (or may not) want in your wine 18 Jul 2011 | 08:12 pm
There are many different types of microbes (minuscule organisms) that contribute to making the wine into what it is. Many of them are desirable and even essential to the making of a wine. some only ex...
Le Bistro de l’Hôtel de Beaune – BKWine Pick 13 Jul 2011 | 09:52 pm
A newly opened bistro-chic owned by Swede Johan Björklund, previous owner of London based wine company Cave Cru Classé. But Johan started his career as a chef and now he is the happy owner of this hig...
Midsummer – the peak of Scandinavian boozing 10 Jul 2011 | 06:35 am
This new blog post is now available on our NEW BLOG LOCATION: Midsummer – the peak of Scandinavian boozing. Please think of changing your bookmark and RSS feed.
La Chablisienne – a high quality cooperative 7 Jul 2011 | 10:00 pm
This post on the cooperative in Chablis is now available on our NEW BLOG LOCATION: La Chablisienne – a high quality cooperative on BKWine Magazine. Please think of changing your bookmark and RSS feed...
Vine planting rights: a return to protectionism? 8 Jun 2011 | 08:08 pm
A few years back all EU countries agreed to a reform of the agricultural policies concerning the wine sector. One element was to abolish the existing system with planting rights, that decrees that a g...
Mas du Soleilla, La Clape, Languedoc 8 Jun 2011 | 07:44 pm
Soleilla means sun in Occitan, the ancient language langue d'oc. Mas de Soleilla is beautifully situated, close to the sea, in the region of La Clape in Languedoc, not far from Narbonne. The climate i...
