A wine from Walla Walla in Washington with a different approach A beautiful day in May, I went to Hornstulls Strand where Handpicked Wines Ltd had invited one of the new “cult winemakers”, Charles Smith. Bistro Barbro was filled with people, mostly from restaurants plus a few wine writers. The [...]
Good times for construction companies in Bordeaux
Out with the stainless steel and in with the concrete? The Bordeaux chateaux are building new cellars as never before. The economic crisis seems to be long gone, at least in Médoc, Saint Emilion and Pomerol. Of the five Premier Grand Cru Classé chateaux three are currently busy renovating: Mouton-Rothschild, [...]
Thursday, June 13: Time for Systembolaget’s Lottery: The winner gets some 40,000 to 60,000 crowns
How Systembolaget subsidises luxury wines From time to time a few bottles of Romanée Conti, Domaine de la Romanée Conti (DRC), arrive in Sweden. This Thursday Systembolaget will launch this wine in a “new” vintage (2010). There will be in total four bottles available of Romanee Conti in Systembolaget’s “web [...]
The Wine Forger’s Handbook – the story about fake wines
Wine writer Stuart George and best-selling art crime expert Dr. Noah Charney has recently published “The Wine Forger’s Handbook”. Here is what Stuart says about the book: “Fine wine is a multi-million dollar industry and is fraught with peril. From fake bottles to fraudulent contents, from mislabelled wine to misled [...]
Good times for construction companies in Bordeaux
Out with the stainless steel and in with the concrete? The Bordeaux chateaux are building new cellars as never before. The economic crisis seems to be long gone, at least in Médoc, Saint Emilion and Pomerol. Of the five Premier Grand Cru Classé chateaux three are currently busy renovating: Mouton-Rothschild, [...]
Replacing sulphur
Is it possible to replace the antioxidant and anti-bacterial properties of sulphur with a preservative made from grape seeds? Yes, that is the idea of Intergrapes in Italy after seven years of study. They claim that the preservative is as effective as sulphur and that the wine better retains its [...]
Can many different varieties in the vineyard prevent diseases?
A winemaker in Languedoc, Jeff Coutelou at Mas Coutelou, has his own recipe to avoid diseases in the vineyard. He has a lot of different varieties planted in the same vineyard. It protects the vines from viruses, he says, and makes them less susceptible to other diseases. Read about Jeff [...]
Rebel wine fair with high quality Champagne
At the same day as the big Champagne day in Stockholm a Champagne day OFF was arranged by a few importers of small, high quality champagne producers. BKWine’s Peter Dybeck tasted and commented champagnes from Françoise Bedel and Pierre Larmandier, both biodynamic, and several others. Read more here Champagne Day [...]
The programs for the wine tour to South America, Chile and Argentina, finalised
Now we have finalised all the details for the wine tour to Chile and Argentina. The tour that we did in February this year was such a great success that we decided to make a new tour already in 2014! The dates for the Chile and Argentina wine tour are [...]
14 organic wines that we recommend
It is just as important for an organic wine as for other wines that they taste good. Also organic wines should primarily be judged on their taste. However, some give them an automatic upgrade just because they are organic. Perhaps more curiously, some other tasters seem to be more critical [...]
Currently scheduled wine tours
Here’s what we currently have on the scheduled program (in English, other wine tours available in Swedish). What’s on at BKWine Tours Bordeaux, 18-22 September Douro Valley, Portugal, 23-27 October South America: Chile and Argentina, 1-16 February 2014 South Africa, 28 February – 10 March, 2014 For more information please [...]
New BKWine Brief out, #117: 10 year anniversary, wines tasted, Chablis and more
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 on a handheld mobile phone in a car was outlawed in the UK. The Concorde [...]
New on the wine photo blog
We also have a few new articles on the photo blog: Something for the cardinals to contemplate White smoke from the Pope’s Palace. I vote for good wine. Our latest book wins prizes in Sweden and internationally Three recent publications: Chateau Figeac, Languedoc and Rhone An unusual Burgundian coat of [...]
Who is the biggest supplier of wine to Systembolaget, the wine monopoly in Sweden?
Three countries dominate the sales to Systembolaget. We have compiled statistics showing which countries the Swedes prefer and how their preferences have changes in recent years. Look at the statistics here: Biggest wine suppliers to Sweden: Italy and South Africa
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