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Tips and advice for when you travel in France, Spain, Italy, Chile, South Africa, Argentina

We continue to fill up with more info in the section we call “resources” on our travel site, BKWineTours.com. Here

The harvest 2018: Good, but not easy everywhere

It has been a hot summer in France, but the growing conditions have not been easy everywhere. Alban Rabasa, assistant

Alain Senderens: Inspirations and other countries

Conversations with Alain Senderens, one of France’s greatest chefs In this episode: Inspirations and other countries This is a video series in

Generations of work in Burgundy impresses, Domaine Goisot

White wines from northern Burgundy in the Caviste online shop A business run by the family for generations sounds almost everyday

More diversity with exciting wines from Chile

People often say wines nowadays tend to taste the same. But isn’t it exactly the opposite? Take the New World.

Lambrusco festival in Copenhagen

On September 29, Scandinavia’s first Lambrusco festival will take place. It is Carlo Merolli in Denmark who wants to promote

Sweet dry wine and the taste police | New Brief out, #181 | The Wine Newsletter

Sweet dry wine and the taste police A dry wine should be dry and a sweet wine sweet. That sounds

BKWine Brief nr 181, September 2018

Sweet dry wine and the taste police A dry wine should be dry and a sweet wine sweet. That sounds

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Tips and advice for when you travel in France, Spain, Italy, Chile, South Africa, Argentina

By Per Karlsson on October 16, 2018 in News

We continue to fill up with more info in the section we call “resources” on our travel site, BKWineTours.com. Here you can find tips and advice on how things work in different countries. For example, what to do with tipping and gratuities, restaurants etiquette and much more. Plus some info about the food of course. […]

The harvest 2018: Good, but not easy everywhere

By Britt Karlsson on October 15, 2018 in News

It has been a hot summer in France, but the growing conditions have not been easy everywhere. Alban Rabasa, assistant winemaker at Château Vaudieu in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, says that 2018 is une année du vigneron, which means that the wine maker’s skill may determine the quality of the wine. “With a lot of rain in the […]

Alain Senderens: Inspirations and other countries

By Per Karlsson on October 3, 2018 in Food and Wine

Conversations with Alain Senderens, one of France’s greatest chefs In this episode: Inspirations and other countries This is a video series in six parts: Senderens and wine Paring wine and food A long career in gastronomy Gastronomy, and the restaurant business People around Alain Senderens Inspirations and other countries The series is based on short […]

Generations of work in Burgundy impresses, Domaine Goisot

By Sven-Olof Johansson on October 2, 2018 in Burgundy Wineries, Wine Producer Profiles

White wines from northern Burgundy in the Caviste online shop A business run by the family for generations sounds almost everyday in a wine context. But pause for a moment and give a thought to what it really means. Exactly, a never-ending toil with the same patch of land and an unbroken chain of experience […]

More diversity with exciting wines from Chile

By Britt Karlsson on October 1, 2018 in News

People often say wines nowadays tend to taste the same. But isn’t it exactly the opposite? Take the New World. A few years ago, one might have talked about sameness. A few grape varieties dominated and the taste of the wines seemed to follow a certain template. But today it is completely different. New varieties, […]

Lambrusco festival in Copenhagen

By Britt Karlsson on September 26, 2018 in News

On September 29, Scandinavia’s first Lambrusco festival will take place. It is Carlo Merolli in Denmark who wants to promote this bubbly, easy drinking wine from Emilia-Romagna. Carlo comes from Rome but has lived in Denmark for a long time. Through his wine shops, he has taught the Danes to drink good Italian wines. The […]

Marlborough growers want to differentiate between bulk and bottle

By Britt Karlsson on September 25, 2018 in News

Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough has made New Zealand famous in the wine world. As popularity has increased, the export of bulk wines from Marlborough has also increased. Some producers here are now concerned about the quality of these bulk wines and fear that in the long run, they can destroy Marlborough’s good reputation. These growers […]

Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie, new DOC for success grape Pinot Gris

By Britt Karlsson on September 24, 2018 in News

Nothing can stop Pinot Gris. Whichever country we are looking at the plantings of Pinot Gris is growing. Not least in Italy where the grape is called Pinot Grigio. Now there is a completely new appellation called DOC Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie. It covers all of the Northeast Italy, ie Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. […]

Australia’s most popular grape varieties

By Britt Karlsson on September 23, 2018 in News

Nowhere else is the dominance of a few grape varieties as big as in Australia. Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay account for almost 60% of the total vineyard area of 149,000 hectares. Syrah alone accounts for 28% of the planted vines. But perhaps a diversification is in sight. Both Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc are […]

Sibling conflicts in Burgundy

By Britt Karlsson on September 22, 2018 in News

It is not as bad as it sounds… We wrote some time ago about the role of wine in French films. We asked our readers for recommendations of “wine movies” and one of our readers took us up on that. She recommends a film she watched a few months ago called “Ce qui nous lie”. […]

Alain Senderens: the people around him

By Per Karlsson on September 15, 2018 in Food and Wine

Conversations with Alain Senderens, one of France’s greatest chefs In this episode: the people around him This is a video series in six parts: Senderens and wine Paring wine and food A long career in gastronomy Gastronomy, and the restaurant business People around Alain Senderens Inspirations and other countries The series is based on short […]

A tapas bar on Calle San Juan in Logrono, Rioja

In Spain, what to do with tipping, restaurant etiquette, transport, shopping etc

By Per Karlsson on September 14, 2018 in News

Handy tips on tipping customs, shopping hours, restaurant etiquette, taxi and transport, and more. One should perhaps not take too seriously rules about how to behave. On the other hand, it can be dangerous to be totally ignorant about local customs and traditions when travelling in a foreign country. So here are a few half […]

Domaine de Marcoux, Raisin de Loup, Cotes du Rhone, Chateauneuf du Pape

Wines to keep an eye on: Domaine de Marcoux

By Sven-Olof Johansson on September 13, 2018 in Rhône Valley Wineries, Wine Producer Profiles

Chateauneuf-du-Pape and other Rhone wines from a famous family winery Domaine de Marcoux is not one of the biggest producers in Chateauneuf, but it is a very highly respected family winery with a history of making quality wines, with biodynamic principles. Their recent vintages have just arrived on the market in Sweden, but are also […]

Alain Senderens: gastronomy and restaurants

By Per Karlsson on September 10, 2018 in Food and Wine

Conversations with Alain Senderens, one of France’s greatest chefs In this episode: gastronomy and restaurants This is a video series in six parts: Senderens and wine Paring wine and food A long career in gastronomy Gastronomy, and the restaurant business People around Alain Senderens Inspirations and other countries The series is based on short videos […]

Choose MCC for high-quality bubbly from South Africa

By Britt Karlsson on September 4, 2018 in News

Method Cap Classique (MCC) is the name given to South African sparkling wine produced according to the traditional method, ie with a second fermentation in the bottle. The Cap Classique Producers Association (CCPA) was founded in 1992. The idea was to find a suitable name that would facilitate the marketing of the wines. To call […]

Sample 1437 from the Oenoforos Tuscan syrah experiment

Six secret wines show the importance of the winemaker

By Per Karlsson on September 3, 2018 in Wine Producer Profiles

The wine maker needs a strategy, knowledge and experience, as demonstrated Oenoforo’s experiment About two years ago I was in Tuscany to harvest grapes. Syrah grapes. There are actually a fair amount of syrah planted in Tuscany. But this was a bit special. We were to harvest seven tons, which is about to one and […]

Alain Senderens on Place de la Madeleine

Alain Senderens: Alain Senderens, a long career

By Per Karlsson on September 2, 2018 in Food and Wine

Conversations with Alain Senderens, one of France’s greatest chefs In this episode: Alain Senderens, a long career This is a video series in six parts: Senderens and wine Paring wine and food A long career in gastronomy Gastronomy, and the restaurant business People around Alain Senderens Inspirations and other countries The series is based on […]

Table setting at Restaurant Alain Senderens

Alain Senderens: Pairing food and wine

By Per Karlsson on August 30, 2018 in Food and Wine

Conversations with Alain Senderens, one of France’s greatest chefs In this episode: Pairing food and wine This is a video series in six parts: Senderens and wine Paring wine and food A long career in gastronomy Gastronomy, and the restaurant business People around Alain Senderens Inspirations and other countries The series is based on short […]

Giannoudi 2015, Vlassides Winery, Cypern (sample)

Uncorked: Good wines we have tasted recently, Summer 2018

By Britt Karlsson on August 29, 2018 in Tastings

Uncorked: Under this heading, we collect various wines that we have tasted, and liked, recently. It can be wines that we have had during dinner at home, at wine tastings, press lunches, visits to vineyards, or other occasions. We describe the wines just with a few short sentences, tasting notes that we hope will give […]

Alain Senderens: Senderens and wine

By Per Karlsson on August 28, 2018 in Food and Wine

Conversations with Alain Senderens, one of France’s greatest chefs In this episode: Senderens and wine This is a video series in six parts: Senderens and wine Paring wine and food A long career in gastronomy Gastronomy, and the restaurant business People around Alain Senderens Inspirations and other countries The series is based on short videos […]

Vina Maquis makes top-quality rosé wines in Chile, explained by the winemaker Rodrigo Romero | Per on Forbes

By Per Karlsson on August 27, 2018 in Wine Producer Profiles

The trend today is in most countries for very pale pink rosé wines, sometimes almost indistinguishable from a white wine, and for too often with a little bit of “RS” – residual sugar – in it. And not much taste. There is a different category of rosé wines, rosés that in my view are much […]

The Big Zin Zinfandel-Primitivo, Puglia, Italy

Italians do not want Nero d’Avola from Australia

By Britt Karlsson on August 26, 2018 in News

Some wine regions and even individual wine producers are incredibly keen, sometimes excessively so, to protect their names and brands. Champagne is the undisputed world champion in this sport. The most recent discussion in this topic is between Italy and Australia. The conflict is about whether the Australians should be able or not to put […]

Will new rules make “natural wines” more normal? | Britt on Forbes

By Britt Karlsson on August 24, 2018 in Winemaking & Viticulture

Natural wines are the darlings of sommeliers and wine bars around the world at the moment. But what is a natural wine? For some people, it is a style of wine, a style that you recognize easier than the origin or the grape variety. Often the “style” is unusual, not to say odd, with wines […]

Greek and Italian grapes in Languedoc

By Britt Karlsson on August 23, 2018 in News

It gets warmer and drier in Languedoc, says Christophe Bousquet at Domaine Pech Redon in La Clape. This cannot completely be compensated for by irrigation. That’s why Christophe this summer is going to plant grape varieties that are used to an even warmer climate. He has chosen Nero d’Avola (!) from Sicily and the amazing […]

Cork oak tree in Portugal harvest a year with 5

New techniques for cork oaks in Portugal

By Britt Karlsson on August 21, 2018 in News

Portugal’s (and the world’s) largest producer of cork products, Amorim, is slowly changing the cork industry. Since 2013, a project has been in progress concerning the possibility to start harvesting the cork from the cork oaks earlier than at the age of 25, as is the case today. The solution seems to be an improved […]

Provence, a pink success story

By Britt Karlsson on August 20, 2018 in News

The world drinks more rosé wine than ever before. Rosé consumption in the world has risen by 31% since 2003. The very light coloured style of rosé, such as they are made in Provence, is the highest fashion. The rosé trend has made Provence an extremely successful wine region. 89% of the wines in Provence […]

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