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 1-16 February 2014. The program [...]
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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 contact us on email or [...]
New on the travel blog: 114 South American wines, making pisco sour etc
Perhaps you didn’t know? We also have a wine travel blog where we write about things that are more wine and food travel oriented. There are many new articles on the travel blog too, for example from our wine tour to Chile and Argentina in February. Here you have the articles. Read them! Alsace, travel [...]
Wine tour to South Africa in March 2014: dates are fixed
South African wine regions wine tour: February 28 to March 10, 2014! We have now finalised the dates for the new wine tour to South Africa: 28 February to 10 March 2014. We are still working on the details of the program, but you can get an idea of how it will look already on [...]
The blend, the cuvée, is one of the secrets of the winemaker
Learn how to make wine like a winemaker in a blending workshop But it is not much of a secret. Most winemakers are very happy to explain exactly what it is they do. The blending in the wine cellar is one of the winemaker’s most important decisions. How much of each grape variety? A bit [...]
What do you actually do on a wine tour to XYZ?
There is a new section on our travel site where we publish some examples, samples, of wine tour programs, just to give you a feeling for what it can be like. We have chosen some of our popular wine tour destinations and give you an overview. Read more on our travel blog on these new [...]
Which are the best wine tour destinations?
The “best” wine travel destination is of course a matter of personal taste. If one wants impressive chateaux, famous names, beautiful landscapes, not yet discovered talents, innovative winemakers etc. Every wine region is different. It is always interesting to see what others think are their preferred travel destinations. Recently we have seen two such top [...]
Are you interested in learning more about wine or about wine and photography?
We are thinking about two new travel projects: a wine tour including a wine course; and a wine tour combined with a photography workshop. The “wine course” project is simply a “normal” wine tour with many visits to wine producers combined with a number of more structured sessions of teaching wine theory as well as [...]
Wine tour to amarone-land, wine and food of Tuscany, restaurants in the Douro Valley in Portugal
A few memories from some travel destinations this autumn can perhaps brighten the dark winter days? Here are a few samples from the travel blog on BKWineTours.com: Italian lunches tend to take quite a long time and tend to include a lot of different things. It is almost inevitable to start with some charcuteries, dried [...]
Colombaia in southern Tuscany, a vineyard worth a visit
Colombaia is actually the Italian name for a small dovecot that you often can find on the roof of old Tuscan houses. But it is also the name of a very interesting wine producer in the southern part of Tuscany. The vineyard is at the very end of a long dirt road and it is [...]
A few late-summer days in Bordeaux
One cannot complain when one stands on the terrasse in the late-summer sunshine and look out over the chateau’s garden. With a perfectly chilled four year old white Bordeaux wine from one of the very top estates in the Graves. And then sit down for lunch in the chateau’s private dining room to enjoy a [...]
Wine tours in Vinogusto and in The Independent
We have to tell you (we are very proud!) that BKWine’s wine tours have been mentioned by the English newspaper The Independent and by Vinogusto, a “social” site with wine information. More on this on The Wine Travel Blog: Wine tours to illustrious wine regions, The Independent on BKWine Vinogusto writes about our wine tours [...]
The French like their French wine regions
France is the world’s biggest tourism destination so when La Revue du Vin de France make a special supplement on wine tourism it is perhaps to be expected that the overwhelming majority of the travel destinations are in France. The magazine is full of tips and recommendations for those who want to travel around the [...]
You can’t go wrong with “A life of luxury and wine in France”
That was the heading on a syndicated article on travelling in wine regions published in the Swedish press. The author has travelled around several of France’s beautiful wine regions and gives his personal tips. He also mentions one single tour operator for wine tours in France. Guess who! Read more on BKWine’s Travelog Travel Blog: [...]
BKWine twice on the list of AOL Travel’s best wine tours
Being twice mentioned on a list of the top ten wine tours is an honour that we certainly did not expect. We are very honoured and happy. But that is exactly what happened when AOL Travel made their list of, as they call it, “the ten best wine tasting holidays”. It is our tours to [...]
On the travelog travel blog
You do read our travel blog, don’t you? You really should! With info around wine travel (not only our own) and other fun things. For example, some recent articles: Fantastic Sicily – new wine travel destination! James Halliday’s Wine Companion on BKWine wine tours. James Halliday is probably Australia’s most famous wine writer. He has [...]
What’s on at BKWine Tours (august 2012)
“World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com 2012 wine tour program Bordeaux 19-23 September Tuscany 10-14 October Champagne 14-18 November 2013 wine tour program Chile & Argentina, 4-19 February 2013 South Africa, 1-11 March 2013 For more information please contact us on email or on phone (we’re on French time), or [...]
Top class lunches at wine estates
One of the best things with our wine tours (at BKWineTours.com) is the meals! (Well, and the wines of course!) On all our tour programs the food and gastronomy almost automatically get a very prominent place. We put a lot of effort into planning excellent and typical meals (lunches or dinners) that showcase the local [...]
New wine tours with BKWine: South Africa and Chile-Argentina
Both our two new wine tours have now been officially launched: Chile & Argentina, 4-19 February 2013 South Africa, 1-11 March 2013 The Chile & Argentina tour includes the best of the wine regions in those two countries as well as a spectacular trip over the Andes by road. It starts in Buenos Aires and [...]
What’s on at BKWine Tours, July 2012
A wine travel update for July 2012: What’s on at BKWine Tours “World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com 2012 wine tour program Bordeaux 19-23 September Tuscany 10-14 October Champagne 14-18 November 2013 wine tour program Chile & Argentina, 4-19 February 2013 South Africa, 1-11 March 2013 For more information please [...]
New wine tour to Chile and Argentina: BKWine launches South America destination
BKWine has just launched a new wine tour destination: Chile and Argentina. It is a spectacular wine tour that will show you some of the very best that these two top South American countries have to offer in wine and food. the tour starts in Buenos Aires, continues to Mendoza. Then we move to Chile [...]
What’s on at BKWine Tours – May 2012
“World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com Currently available scheduled tours on the wine travel program. Do take a look at the custom designed tours too. 2012 wine tour program Bordeaux 19-23 September Tuscany 10-14 October Champagne 14-18 November 2013 wine tour program Chile & Argentina, 4-19 February 2013 South Africa, [...]
One of 900 million? Like us on Facebook!
Are you one of the 900 million people on Facebook? Then it would be nice if you “liked” our new Facebook pages. We actually have four of them: www.facebook.com/BKWineMagazine – where we write ”editorial” things, for example on articles and other things on BKWine Magazine, our editorial site. www.facebook.com/BKWineTours – This is about our wine [...]
What’s on at BKWine Tours
“World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com Currently scheduled “open” (i.e. not custom designed) wine tours on the English language (i.e. not the Scandinavian) program. 2012 wine tour program Bordeaux 19-23 September Tuscany 10-14 October Champagne 14-18 November 2013 wine tour program Chile & Argentina, 4-19 February 2013 South Africa, 1-11 [...]
Current wine tour program for scheduled tours in 2012
What’s on at BKWine Tours “World’s Top Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com 2012 wine tour program Bordeaux 9-13 May Bordeaux 19-23 September Tuscany 10-14 October Champagne 14-18 November For more information please contact us on email or on phone (we’re on French time), or go to our wine travel site on [...]
The Priory travels to Champagne, Chablis and Burgundy
Five days in Champagne, Chablis and Burgundy, is a wine tour that we call The Three Classics. It is one of the most popular tours on our “public” tour scheduled and it is also a tour that we do frequently as a custom made wine tour for private groups. The Priory (“Prästgården”) is a small [...]
A memorable wine lunch in Languedoc
We were fortunate (you have to create your own luck!) to have a magnificent lunch and wine tasting at the wine tour we recently organised in the Languedoc-Roussillon. This district certainly merits becoming much better known among wine lovers: they make great wine and it is spectacularly beautiful. The small group of wine lovers that [...]
Events calendar for wine events
We used to have a wine agenda at the end of each BKWine Brief. Now we don’t. Instead we have a brand new gleaming wine events calendar on BKWine Magazine. In it you will find dates and links for wine shows, wine tastings, wine and food tours and other wine related things. But it requires [...]
What people say about the wine tours
It is always exciting to hear what travellers have to say about BKWine’s wine tours. We always try very hard to make sure that a wine and food tour will be a very special experience: exciting wine tastings, interesting discussions with the wine makers, and a very special gastronomic experience with the wine and the [...]
What’s on with wine tours right now
“World’s Best Wine Tours” – Travel + Leisure Magazine, on TravelAndLeisure.com Burgundy wine tour – exclusive, elusive, enchanting, October 19-23, 2011 – no more bookings! Some of the most unique wines in the world – reds and white – come from Burgundy. A well made red Burgundy, made from the elusive pinot noir, is a [...]
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