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Tolaini – back to the roots in Chianti Classico

Pierluigi Tolaini bought a one-way ticket to Canada when he was twenty years old. When he returned to Tuscany it

Disease in the vineyard, flavescence dorée, problematic for organic growers

Flavescence dorée is a dreaded bacterial disease that spreads through a grasshopper. It was discovered for the first time in

What’s on at BKWine Tours as of May 2018

Autumn 2018 Champagne, September 26-30 Bordeaux, October 10-14 Douro Valley in Portugal, October 17-21 South Africa, November 9-19 Winter 2019 Chile-Argentina,

Harvest in South Africa 2018: of excellent quality despite the drought

During our visit to South Africa at the beginning of March, the harvest was in full swing. The very difficult,

Mexico is an interesting wine country | Britt on Forbes

Mexico is well on its way to become a very interesting fine wine country. It is true that much of

The top-ten grape varieties in France

France has 806,000 hectares planted with vines. This area includes about 70,000 hectares used for Cognac. Three grape varieties take

Sicily – The Home comers. A story about those who chose to come back.

This is not the story of the Sicilians that decided to stay and try to change things from within. It

Record year for Champagne 2017

Comité Champagne has published their sales figures for 2017. Champagne made a record turnover of 4.9 billion euros in 2017.

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Tolaini – back to the roots in Chianti Classico

By Åsa Johansson on May 24, 2018 in Wine Producer Profiles

Pierluigi Tolaini bought a one-way ticket to Canada when he was twenty years old. When he returned to Tuscany it was for making wine. Of the highest quality. Join us on a journey between Tuscany and Canada. BKWine Magazine’s Åsa Johansson tells the story. Pierluigi Tolaini was only 20 years old when he left Tuscany […]

Disease in the vineyard, flavescence dorée, problematic for organic growers

By Britt Karlsson on May 23, 2018 in News

Flavescence dorée is a dreaded bacterial disease that spreads through a grasshopper. It was discovered for the first time in 1949. In France it is especially difficult in parts of the southern Rhône Valley and Provence. Here we can even see a decrease in the number of organic producers because it is mandatory in some […]

What’s on at BKWine Tours as of May 2018

By Per Karlsson on May 21, 2018 in News

Autumn 2018 Champagne, September 26-30 Bordeaux, October 10-14 Douro Valley in Portugal, October 17-21 South Africa, November 9-19 Winter 2019 Chile-Argentina, January 20 – February 4, 2019 South Africa, February 16-24, 2019 New Zealand, March 11-26, 2019 For more information please contact us on email or on phone (we’re on French time), or go to […]

Harvest in South Africa 2018: of excellent quality despite the drought

By Britt Karlsson on May 20, 2018 in News

During our visit to South Africa at the beginning of March, the harvest was in full swing. The very difficult, and prolonged, drought in the wine regions of the Western Cape affects the grapes of course. But most of the producers we met told us that although the volume in most places will be small […]

Mexico is an interesting wine country | Britt on Forbes

By Britt Karlsson on May 19, 2018 in Wine Regions

Mexico is well on its way to become a very interesting fine wine country. It is true that much of the country is too warm and dry for wine growing, but if you know where to plant and what to plant you can make some very good wines here. Mexico does not have a long […]

The top-ten grape varieties in France

By Britt Karlsson on May 18, 2018 in News

France has 806,000 hectares planted with vines. This area includes about 70,000 hectares used for Cognac. Three grape varieties take up one third of this area: Merlot (112,000 hectares), Ugni Blanc (82,000 hectares, which is used mainly for Cognac) and Grenache (81,000 hectares). After the top three follow Syrah (64,000), Chardonnay (51,000), Cabernet Sauvignon (48,000), […]

Sicily – The Home comers. A story about those who chose to come back.

By Åsa Johansson on May 17, 2018 in More

This is not the story of the Sicilians that decided to stay and try to change things from within. It is not the story about those who decided to leave, trying to start over. Instead, this is the story of those who left, became successful, and chose to come back. Pino Cuttaia and the restaurant […]

Record year for Champagne 2017

By Britt Karlsson on May 15, 2018 in News

Comité Champagne has published their sales figures for 2017. Champagne made a record turnover of 4.9 billion euros in 2017. 307 million bottles were sold, a slight increase compared with 2016. The sales record counted in volume from 2007 is still valid. 338 million bottles of champagne were sold that year. France is still the […]

Grenache slowly moving forward in California

By Britt Karlsson on May 7, 2018 in News

Grenache is one of the world’s most planted grapes. Most of these vines are in France and Spain. In 1982, Rhône Valley enthusiast Randall Grahm at Bonny Doon Vineyards in California made his first Grenache wines. The term Rhone Rangers was coined to describe producers with a penchant for Rhône grapes. Grenache was on its […]

An introduction to Burgundy, the wine region

By Per Karlsson on May 5, 2018 in News

“Burgundy… Say it. Feel it. Taste it. The word evokes a very special wine country and a very special wine. It makes me think of gently rolling hills. Vineyards all the way to the horizon. Winding roads. Small villages. Unique wines and superb French gastronomy. When I started tasting and drinking wine Burgundy was one […]

Next year in Paris: Vinisud, a wine fair to discover southern wines

By Britt Karlsson on May 3, 2018 in News

Vinisud, the big wine fair in Montpellier, took place earlier this year, on 18-20 February. Vinisud is about wines from southern France and other countries around the Mediterranean. If you want to meet good producers from Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, the Rhone Valley, and more, Vinisud is an excellent wine fair, not least because many of the […]

Rain and rain and rain in Bordeaux causes problems

By Britt Karlsson on April 30, 2018 in News

It doesn’t stop raining in Bordeaux. As spring progresses, wine producers face problems. It is difficult to drive the tractor and to walk in a wet and muddy vineyard. This is inconvenient for those growers who mechanically remove the weeds. Maintenance in the vineyard, such as replacing the poles that hold up the wires, is […]

Pechstein, Reichsrat von Buhl 2009, Grosses Gewächs, Pfalz

Riesling and Asian food in Gothenburg | restaurant review

By Britt Karlsson on April 27, 2018 in Sweden Eats

Made in China, on Tredje Långgatan street nr 9 in Gothenburg, is more oriented towards Asian fusion food than pure Chinese. The food is delicious, modestly priced and the wine list is very interesting, not least the collection of riesling wines. From 425 kronor (40+ euro) and up to 950 kronor; you can choose between […]

Brunello di Montalcino 2013, a classic year to wait for; the anteprima report

By Åsa Johansson on April 11, 2018 in Wine Regions

The week of Tuscan previews, anteprima, ended with the presentation of Brunello di Montalcino 2013 and Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2012. An appointment you do not want to miss. Even Sting came by and played some songs the last day. BKWine Magazine’s Åsa Johansson reports and picks her favourites among all the wines tasted. The […]

Kenneth Gustavsson and Erik Jonsson, Wine Mechanics

Wine Mechanics, Gothenburg’s first urban winery opens on April 18!

By Mattias Schyberg on April 10, 2018 in Wine Producer Profiles

A winery in Gothenburg sounds like an April Fool’s joke, but it is not. Nor is it a result of that the feared climate change has made farming conditions favourable in our dear Rainy City, which would be almost as scary as prevailing world politics. This is something completely different. Wine made in Gothenburg, but […]

Vino Nobile anteprima: New vintages of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

By Åsa Johansson on April 8, 2018 in Wine Regions

During the week of Tuscan previews, anteprime, invited journalists travel from one town to the next starting in Florence, to taste new vintages of the region’s wines. When it was time for Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, hopes were high, but how did it actually go? BKWine Magazine’s reporter Åsa Johansson was there. It is always […]

Anteprima in Tuscany: Chianti Classico Collection 2018

By Åsa Johansson on April 7, 2018 in Wine Regions

New vintages: Chianti Classico 2016 and Chianti Classico 2015 The Chianti Classico Collection, the preview of the new vintages from the wine region Chianti Classico between Florence and Siena, takes place in Florence every year in the beautiful former train hangar Stazione Leopolda. It is one of the Tuscan “anteprima”, or “anteprime” as it more […]

Wine trends 2018, according to Concours Mondial de Bruxelles: China and organic

By Britt Karlsson on March 30, 2018 in News

Le Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB) is one of the largest of the many wine competitions organized around the world. CMB constantly look at trends in the wine world in order to best organize the competition. China has increased both its consumption and its production of wine in 2017, and CMB believes that this increase […]

Les Outsiders, creative wine producers in the Languedoc-Roussillon (and some more)

By Britt Karlsson on March 28, 2018 in News

Les Outsiders is a group of winegrowers in the Languedoc-Roussillon in southern France, and in a few other places across France. They make some excellent wines, often with a lot of character. They are often focused on a terroir style of wine; they are often organic, sometimes biodynamic. And they all come from other places […]

City guides for France and Argentina

By Per Karlsson on March 26, 2018 in News

We have also put together a few short city guides, which give you an introduction to some important cities in the wine world. First out are France and Argentina. They give you a little bit of a taste of the cities and maybe some tips on what to do when you’re out on a wine […]

Stéphane Courrèges, consultant oenologist in Bordeaux

The real job of a wine consultant in Bordeaux, with Stéphane Courrèges | Britt on Forbes

By Britt Karlsson on March 22, 2018 in More

Some wine consultants are world famous mega stars. Most work quietly behind the scenes and you rarely hear their name. Has the advent of oenologist wine consultant led to a stream-lining and more and more wines that just taste “the same”. No, definitely not! Has it led to that we have more and more good […]

Wine travellers on wine travelling experiences

By Per Karlsson on March 20, 2018 in News

We have collected a few more comments from our travellers on what they have to say about our tours: “I felt like an important VIP guest!”, said a traveller on a wine tour in Le Marche “A total success, what more could one wish for?”, said those who travelled on a wine tour in South […]

The Corton hill in Burgundy with Corton-Charlemagne

On Burgundy’s appellations and grapes

By Per Karlsson on March 16, 2018 in News

“Some of the most unique wines in the world – reds and white – come from Burgundy. A well-made red Bourgogne (or Burgundy wine if you prefer), made from the elusive pinot noir grape variety, is a wine of elegance, hardly found anywhere else. The fruity aromas are mixed with a hint of autumn leaves […]

A mignardise at Restaurant Alain Senderens

Sweden gets its first 3-star restaurant

By Britt Karlsson on March 15, 2018 in News

A Swedish restaurant has for the first time been awarded three Michelin stars, or three macarons as one also says in France. The one who has manged this achievement is Björn Frantzén at his Restaurant Frantzén in Stockholm. Björn previously had a 2-star restaurant in Gamla Stan, the Old Town, but in 2017 he moved […]

Amarone Families changes name

By Britt Karlsson on March 14, 2018 in News

Name can be a sensitive matter. Famiglie Dell’Amarone d’Arte, or Amarone Families, as it is commonly known in English, is an association founded in 2009, consisting of 13 family wineries in Valpolicella. The association wants to preserve Amarone as an exclusive and high-quality wine, with no compromising on quality. So far everything is fine. But […]

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