2013 is almost over. Thank you dear reader! You who read the BKWine Brief and BKWine Magazine! It is thanks to you that we continue to write. It is thanks to you that BKWine Magazine
As easy as 1-2-3 is not what it is to produce a new issue of the Brief (hint: look at what issue it is). We are still recovering – catching up – from a rather
Christmas comes just after August. That is at least what we sometimes think. September and October is our most busy travel season so at the end of August we can look forward to a busy
This is shaping up to be an interesting and challenging year in the vineyards. An ice-cold spring until the end of June. Then one of the best summers in a long time, until the end
Welcome back, in case you have been on holidays. There is in many situations a turning point when you know if things go in the right direction or not or from which point things are
One would be tempted to think that in summer time with vacation going on that the Brief would be short, that sun and other more important thing would take precedence. But not so. Here is
Time for some summer reading, even if the summer has not really wanted to show its face yet here in France. Today was the first time we had lunch on the balcony here in Paris…
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
It is time for les primeurs, whether you like tender asparagus or Bordeaux wines. So there has been much focus lately on the vintage 2012. A vintage that is still resting in the chateaux cellars.
Spring has not yet quite dared to make an entry on the scene here in northern France. On Thursday we may even get some snow. This is the coldest spring we have ever experienced in
The other day we had a very nice wine for dinner. I had to taste it blind, of course. It was immediately obvious that it had quite a few years in the cellar. The colour
50 wine producers from Cahors, each with three wines. It was a tough morning today… To taste a large number of wines in a short period of time can be straining. Is straining. Some people
A new year is beginning and also, probably, new discussions and new debates in the world of wine. What will be the main topics during 2013? Planting rights and the declining influence of Robert Parker?
The first thing we just have to tell you is that our new book won the prize as Best Wine Book for Professionals in Sweden by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards! We just received the
This year’s most hectic wine travel season has come to an end. The very last of our autumn wine tours, to a Sicily with nice summer-ish weather, finished on Sunday. The only remaining travel on
This is a very hectic period, both for wine producers and for us at BKWine. The harvest will be late in many wine districts this year. In some places they have started but many are
We are getting more and more excited. It is a certain nervousness or anxiety that is building up. Next week we will launch our new book! What will people say?! The book’s title is Wine
BKWine Brief nr 107, July 2012 Five hectares is not much. But apparently that is the total planted acreage of the folle noire grape in France. The relative folle blanche is much more common. It
In this brief we write about several wine competitions. One is very special, almost a curiosity: A competition to nominate the wine with the most successful (or best) malolactic fermentation. I wonder how you judge
Selling wine is not easy. Some (regions/producers) think it will be easier if they get their own appellation, as we mentioned in the last Brief: two new appellations in the Loire Valley that no one
The weather in April in France has been quite cold and rainy and the small buds that started growing during the warm days in March have been suffering night time frost in some parts on
It seems that the wine world have been caught up a new insane craze or hysteria. This thing with “natural wines” Every wine magazine, wine journalist, wine blogger etc is writing about “natural wines”, either
Rebuilding a web site is exciting. There is always something new and unexpected that happens. Many of you have had some troubles accessing our site recently and we apologise for that. That is one of
If last month was special because it was BKWine Brief issue number 100 this month’s Brief is special for another reason. We have discovered that there are some issues with the delivery of the Brief
We are probably at least as surprised as anyone else. That we have reached number 100 of the BKWine Brief! It all started in May 2003. Well, it really started long before that if we
Ninety nine and a half – November was quite simply not a good month to make issue one hundred. You will have to wait until December! We have just arrived home after 5 days in
There are a lot of different things we would like to write about: why vintages no longer matter that much (or matter differently), why the classification systems are uninteresting, why the system with planting rights
It is September, as often, the Brief will be slightly unusual… this is the time of year when we are constantly travelling. There are many good reasons to be travelling in the vineyards at this
BKWine Brief Issue 97, August 2011 This requires an explanation! Why are we late? This is the August newsletter and you should have received it around two weeks ago. You may have noticed that we
”No, that’s not correct. You can’t say that”, I was told off. It felt a bit like being squashed down the shoes, especially since it was a Master of Wine who said it – at
2013 is almost over. Thank you dear reader! You who read the BKWine Brief and BKWine Magazine! It is thanks to you that we continue
As easy as 1-2-3 is not what it is to produce a new issue of the Brief (hint: look at what issue it is). We
Christmas comes just after August. That is at least what we sometimes think. September and October is our most busy travel season so at the
This is shaping up to be an interesting and challenging year in the vineyards. An ice-cold spring until the end of June. Then one of
Welcome back, in case you have been on holidays. There is in many situations a turning point when you know if things go in the
One would be tempted to think that in summer time with vacation going on that the Brief would be short, that sun and other more
Time for some summer reading, even if the summer has not really wanted to show its face yet here in France. Today was the first
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
It is time for les primeurs, whether you like tender asparagus or Bordeaux wines. So there has been much focus lately on the vintage 2012.
Spring has not yet quite dared to make an entry on the scene here in northern France. On Thursday we may even get some snow.
The other day we had a very nice wine for dinner. I had to taste it blind, of course. It was immediately obvious that it
50 wine producers from Cahors, each with three wines. It was a tough morning today… To taste a large number of wines in a short
A new year is beginning and also, probably, new discussions and new debates in the world of wine. What will be the main topics during
The first thing we just have to tell you is that our new book won the prize as Best Wine Book for Professionals in Sweden
This year’s most hectic wine travel season has come to an end. The very last of our autumn wine tours, to a Sicily with nice
This is a very hectic period, both for wine producers and for us at BKWine. The harvest will be late in many wine districts this
We are getting more and more excited. It is a certain nervousness or anxiety that is building up. Next week we will launch our new
BKWine Brief nr 107, July 2012 Five hectares is not much. But apparently that is the total planted acreage of the folle noire grape in
In this brief we write about several wine competitions. One is very special, almost a curiosity: A competition to nominate the wine with the most
Selling wine is not easy. Some (regions/producers) think it will be easier if they get their own appellation, as we mentioned in the last Brief:
The weather in April in France has been quite cold and rainy and the small buds that started growing during the warm days in March
It seems that the wine world have been caught up a new insane craze or hysteria. This thing with “natural wines” Every wine magazine, wine
Rebuilding a web site is exciting. There is always something new and unexpected that happens. Many of you have had some troubles accessing our site
If last month was special because it was BKWine Brief issue number 100 this month’s Brief is special for another reason. We have discovered that
We are probably at least as surprised as anyone else. That we have reached number 100 of the BKWine Brief! It all started in May
Ninety nine and a half – November was quite simply not a good month to make issue one hundred. You will have to wait until
There are a lot of different things we would like to write about: why vintages no longer matter that much (or matter differently), why the
It is September, as often, the Brief will be slightly unusual… this is the time of year when we are constantly travelling. There are many
BKWine Brief Issue 97, August 2011 This requires an explanation! Why are we late? This is the August newsletter and you should have received it
”No, that’s not correct. You can’t say that”, I was told off. It felt a bit like being squashed down the shoes, especially since it
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