Home | BKWine Magazine |

Yes please, more white wines in the Rhone Valley

The demand for white wines is increasing. Not least in the Rhone Valley, a region most known for its red

Inspiration for your wine business at Must, Fermenting Ideas | Per on Forbes

People go to conferences for two main reasons. To get inspiration or learn things about their business. And to meet

Sauvignon Blanc wines change with the terroir | Britt on Forbes

Some grapes are easier to recognize than others. Sauvignon Blanc is easy but not the easiest. That distinction goes to

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2015 and 2016, a selection of the best wines

Every year in the spring, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano presents its latest vintages at the "anteprima". This year they presented

Resistant grape varieties spark debate

The vine is in many ways a robust plant that can withstand difficult conditions and drought. But it has weaknesses.

Can a tarpaulin over the vines protect against frost?

The spring frost has struck again in several places in France. Warm spring weather led to an early budding but

How best to irrigate a vineyard

If drought is a recurring feature of the weather, then the wine growers become experts in handling it. This is

International Sauvignon Blanc Day On May 3

Many grapes have their own specific day. So, we were not surprised when we heard that this is also the

This post is also available in: Swedish

Yes please, more white wines in the Rhone Valley

By Britt Karlsson on May 23, 2019 in News

The demand for white wines is increasing. Not least in the Rhone Valley, a region most known for its red wine. But it is a region that also produces magnificent whites with grapes like roussanne, marsanne, viognier, clairette, bourboulenc and grenache blanc. Today, about 80% of the production is red and only 6% is white. […]

Inspiration for your wine business at Must, Fermenting Ideas | Per on Forbes

By Per Karlsson on May 22, 2019 in More

People go to conferences for two main reasons. To get inspiration or learn things about their business. And to meet other people in the same business, to network. But there are not many such events in the wine business. But since a few years there is “Must, Fermenting Ideas”. It is a three-day conference filled […]

Sauvignon Blanc wines change with the terroir | Britt on Forbes

By Britt Karlsson on May 21, 2019 in Wine Producer Profiles

Some grapes are easier to recognize than others. Sauvignon Blanc is easy but not the easiest. That distinction goes to Muscat and Gewürztraminer. But still, in a blind tasting you have a fair chance of identifying the Sauvignon Blanc. However, Sauvignon Blanc, like most other grapes, is influenced by their environment, be it the soil, […]

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2015 and 2016, a selection of the best wines

By Åsa Johansson on May 20, 2019 in Wine Regions

Every year in the spring, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano presents its latest vintages at the “anteprima”. This year they presented the 2016 and the riservas of 2015, the latter with some extra ageing. Vino Nobile, as it is sometimes called for simplicity’s sake, is one of the legendary wine regions in Tuscany and one of […]

Resistant grape varieties spark debate

By Britt Karlsson on May 19, 2019 in News

The vine is in many ways a robust plant that can withstand difficult conditions and drought. But it has weaknesses. One is that it is prone to fungal diseases. No vineyard can survive without spraying. Have you heard the opposite? Don’t believe those who tell you that some wine is made without the use of […]

Can a tarpaulin over the vines protect against frost?

By Britt Karlsson on May 18, 2019 in News

The spring frost has struck again in several places in France. Warm spring weather led to an early budding but then the weather changed again, as it usually does. In the Loire Valley, they are now experimenting with a new way of protecting their vines from spring frost, which can potentially cause major damage. The […]

How best to irrigate a vineyard

By Britt Karlsson on May 13, 2019 in News

If drought is a recurring feature of the weather, then the wine growers become experts in handling it. This is the case, for example, in South Africa. Here they have learned how to optimize irrigation so that the vines get exactly what they need and not one drop more. Heinrich Schloms is a soil scientist […]

International Sauvignon Blanc Day On May 3

By Britt Karlsson on May 3, 2019 in News

Many grapes have their own specific day. So, we were not surprised when we heard that this is also the case with Sauvignon Blanc. The International Sauvignon Blanc Day takes place on the first Friday of May, which this year is May 3. Celebrations starts in New Zealand, of course, and then continues in London, […]

Primitivo (zinfandel) grape skins after pressing

Seghesio, from Italy to California with a focus on Zinfandel

By Tobias Karlsson on April 29, 2019 in Wine Producer Profiles

Seghesio is a wine producer in northern California, in Healdsburg. The vineyard was established in 1895 by Italian immigrants. The first grapes they planted were zinfandel. It is this grape that has become Seghesio’s signature. In the beginning they did not make wine themselves but sold grapes to other winemakers in California. This was changed […]

Bottles in pupitres in the cellars of Champagne Paul Dethune

Delicious growers and small-house champagnes from a specialist importer

By Sven-Olof Johansson on April 28, 2019 in Wine Regions

“The promotional mailing you do not want to miss”, producer visits from Champagne. There are around 3000 small champagne producers, growers and similar, but only about 300 so-called “houses”. The “houses” are the big, well-known brands but it is mainly among the others, the small producers that you today find the most exciting champagnes. BKWine […]

A vine suffering from Phylloxera vastatrix

Phylloxera strikes in Australia

By Britt Karlsson on April 26, 2019 in News

When we talk about countries with non-grafted vines, most people think of Chile, the only country in the world that is completely free from phylloxera, the small wine louse that infects the wine roots and kills the vines. But also in Australia a significant proportion of the vineyards are planted with non-grafted vines. However, the […]

OIV welcomes Pau Roca, the new general director

By Britt Karlsson on April 24, 2019 in News

OIV, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, welcomed a new director general in January. BKWine was present, as one of two invited media, at his inauguration and we took the chance to say hello to the new general. Pau Roca is Spanish and has been representing Spain at the OIV since 1992. He was, […]

Champagne bottles that are organic, "bio"

New rules for additives in organic wine

By Britt Karlsson on April 18, 2019 in News

New rules came into force for vinification of organic wines on January 1st, 2019. Six new additives are allowed. Autolysate of yeast: Nourishes the yeast during the alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. Inactivated yeast: Nourishes the yeast during alcoholic and malolactic fermentation. Potato protein: Vegetable protein used as a fining agent. Provides a faster and often […]

World wine production reaches record level in 2018, consumption is stable

By Per Karlsson on April 14, 2019 in More

The brand new numbers for 2018 show a positive picture. Wine production reached a record level in 2018 reaching 293 million hectolitres, a good recovery from a catastrophic 2017. The biggest wine producers in the world in 2018 are Italy, France, Spain and the USA. Global vineyard surface remained stable with Spain having the world’s […]

Views over Brunello di Montalcino and vineyards

Brunello di Montalcino 2014, a selection of the best

By Åsa Johansson on April 10, 2019 in Wine Regions

2014 is one of the most difficult vintages in memory in Brunello di Montalcino. It was the year when northern Europe enjoyed sun while the Italian summer was more like in Scotland. Rain, rain and rain. Add cold and ta da: you have the vintage 2014 in a nutshell. We give you here BKWine Magazine’s […]

Good and great from Chablis, from petit to grand cru

By Sven-Olof Johansson on April 9, 2019 in Wine Regions

“No thanks, not Chardonnay, but yes please, a glass of chablis” The wine producers in Chablis love the Swedes and the Swedes love Chablis. So it is. Eight percent of the production in Chablis is gobbled up in a Swedish home, in the sailboat, on the beach or on a picnic. Although the wine producer […]

Martino Manetti and Michele Braganti of Monteraponi and Montevertine

Contrasting vintages, 2017, 2016, 2015, from Monteraponi and Montevertine in Tuscany

By Åsa Johansson on April 8, 2019 in Wine Producer Profiles

Monteraponi and Montevertine celebrates with festive elegance Every year, when the two wine estates Montevertine and Monteraponi in Radda in Chianti present their new vintages, it is a celebration. A Sangiovese celebration. For if there’s something they’re good at, Martino Manetti and Michele Braganti with their other halves Liviana Midollini and Alessandra Deiana, it is […]

Dream Big! Pinot noir from California, selected producers

By Carl-Erik Kanne on April 7, 2019 in Wine Regions

The California Wine Tasting in March 2019 was a big event with no less than 135 wine producers present. The title chosen for the event, Dream Big, promised a lot. One had better set priorities and my priority was to focus on pinot noir from as many interesting producers as possible. Why then pinot noir? […]

Grenache vines in a vineyards in Provence

Grenache Association promotes a southern virtuoso worthy of more appreciation

By Britt Karlsson on April 6, 2019 in News

The Grenache grape is a champion of the south. It can manage scorching heat, strong winds and drought. Just a few years ago it was the most planted red variety in the world. Now it is only number five among red grapes with 163,000 hectares, after Cabernet Sauvignon (341,000 ha), Merlot (266,000 ha), Tempranillo (231,000 […]

“With Anselmo Mendes comes spring”, with alvarinho from Portugal

By Sven-Olof Johansson on April 5, 2019 in Wine Producer Profiles

Very literally so this year, when Anselmo Mendes held a tasting on our much-anticipated spring equinox. Given the feel of Anselmo Mendes’ wines, it was a particularly suitable combination. Fortunately, it was a sunny day but it was a northerly wind that tugged on our coats when we took shelter in Adam & Albin’s Stockholm […]

A view over the landscape in Tuscany with a church

Chianti Classico Collection: fantastic 2016 and difficult 2017

By Åsa Johansson on April 4, 2019 in Wine Regions

Also Chianti Classico has a “primeur season”, just like Bordeaux. But in Chianti Classico it is perhaps even more interesting because most of the wines are actually finished and bottled, and not the barely-finished-fermenting wines (with some exaggeration) that are shown in Bordeaux, which often have another one or two years in barrel in front […]

Minvino, enriched water adapted for wine, an evaluation

By Mattias Schyberg on April 3, 2019 in Tastings

If you put great emphasis on wine and food and how it matches then you might also need to think about what you choose for water? This is, in any case, the idea behind the newly started company Minvino. They have launched four different waters, each of which is said to be adapted to a […]

Are South African wines finally about to get a bit more expensive?

By Britt Karlsson on April 2, 2019 in News

There is no doubt about it. South African wines have been too cheap for too long. Therefore, it was uplifting to read the report on South African wine exports 2018 from WoSA (Wines of South Africa). The export value is finally increasing, after many years of immobility. WoSA has struggled to make this happen for […]

Six new Master of Wine, including from Sweden and Denmark

By Per Karlsson on March 30, 2019 in News

Six very fresh Masters of Wine has just received their diplomas from the venerable English institution. So now there are 384 MW in total. The happy new masters are Edouard Baijot, Nicholas Jackson, Brendan Jansen, Jonas Röjerman, Harriet Tindal and Jonas Tofterup. Congratulations to all of them. Extra special congratulations to Jonas and Jonas. Jonas […]

Toasting oak barrels with fire at a cooperage

French coopers honours California

By Britt Karlsson on March 20, 2019 in News

The French Coopers’ Association (Fédération des Tonneliers de France) recently held its annual meeting in Napa Valley, California. It was the first time they gathered outside France. That the meeting took place in Napa is not a coincidence. It was the Californian wine industry that gave new life to the French cooperage (barrel making) industry […]

Is Prosecco a grape or an origin?

By Britt Karlsson on March 17, 2019 in News

A Prosecco debate rages in both Australia and New Zealand. The big question is whether Prosecco should be considered as being a grape variety or a geographical origin. Up until 2009, Prosecco was the name of the grape with which the sparkling wine Prosecco was produced in north-eastern Italy. But then the Italians changed the […]

Older posts

TopMenuEN

Archives

Site Map

Wine Travel & Wine Tours

Professional Affiliations, journalism

All BKWine sites

Wine & Travel Photography

About BKWine Magazine

Sign up for our Newsletter!

Make your friends happy!