A tiny restaurant with amusing and colourful details and a very ambitious cuisine. The speciality of the house is ravioli (but there are other things as well) and as raviolis are a speciality from the
This big chateau in the northern part om Médoc belongs to the family Delon, who also owns the more famous Château Léoville-las-Cases i Saint-Julien and recently Château Nenin in Pomerol was acquired. Potensac is a
Philippe Delarche has 9 hectares of vines in Côte de Beaune, and apart from Pernand-Vergelesses he also makes a little Corton and Corton-Charlemagne. His red wines are elegant and fruity, quite light but with a
Ontario har idag ett monopol liknande det i Sverige (kontrollerat av Liquor Control Board of Ontario – LCBO). På uppdrag av myndigheterna har en expertpanel just gjort en utredning om monopolets framtid och dragit slutsatsen
Enligt Ekot och Svenska Dagbladet har Systembolaget bestämt sig för att vidta åtgärder mot vissa av de mutmisstänkta leverantörerna. Det gäller VinTrädgårdh, som blir helt utesluten som leverantör, samt Philipsson & Söderberg och Åkesson, vilka
Ett inlägg från en läsare: ——- Hej BKWine! Bra att ni är kritiska till monopolet och Systembolagets hantering av vinsortimentet! Mina frågor och synpunkter är följande: SORTIMENTET Varför behandlas beställningssortimentet så styvmoderligt? Varför så lite
På semestern i Sverige häromveckan hade vi tillfälle att se lite av vad Systembolagets nya propagandakampanj ”IQ-Initiativet” består av. Vi såg två olika reklam-TV-inslag (kan inte varit billigt!), t.ex. ett om en skola där föräldrarna
Resveratrol is a substance that can be found in wine and that is believed to be good for your health. Now there is a site dedicated to resveratrol: www.resveratrolnews.com
According to our information (and as a confirmation of previous rumours) Vranken has bought Listel (owned mainly by Val d’Orbieu and the bank Credit Agricole). However, it is not the champagne house Vranken that buys
Take a look in the calendar at the bottom of the Brief. There you have the upcoming wine auctions at Sotheby’s in London and New York. The auction house also offers you other information on
The famous Burgundy house Remoissenet was recently sold to an American investor called Edward Millstein for around 10 million euro. Millstein bought Remoissenet in collaboration with Louis Jadot who had a 20% stake.
Blaxta Vineyard just south of Stockholm was given a silver medal for its Vidal Ice Wine 2003 at Challange International du Vin at Vinexpo (www.challengeduvin.fr) recently. They are currently looking for an importer in France
Every once in a while you see an new internet shop that tries and sell wine. That it is not very easy to do that profitably is well illustrated by the story of American wine
In the last Brief we mentioned that Fine Expressions, a magazine on wine and rinks, has been launched in the UK. You can get a discounted subscription on Tom Cannavan’s Wine Pages. (Tom also happens
At the opening of Vinexpo the French minister of agriculture said ‘The French offer does not always win over new consumers, who sometimes prefer products that are easier to buy and consume, not to mention
Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2005 have been given in four different categories: * Wine Writer of the Year 2005: John Stimpfig, articles in the FT ‘How to Spend It’ * International Wine Book
In a survey by Deloitte almost half of the wineries were found to have made losses in 2004. As in France, the government has stepped in with financial support. Read more in Beveragedaily.com.
INAO has approved Beaume de Venise as a new AOC. The wine was previously part of Côtes du Rhône Villages. Permitted grape varieties are Grenache (minimum 50%) and Syrah (min 25%), with the rest being
Rumours (and press reports) are saying that the Taittinger champagne house is being put up for sale. It is owned by the Taittinger family that also owns numerous other luxury firms, e.g. Baccarat Crystal and
44% of Lanson is owned by the bank Caisse d’Epargne. They have said that they are interested in selling their stake in the champagne house. Caisse d’Epargne bought it only last July from the Mora
Michelin, famous for its red guides on gastronomy and green tourist guides, has launched a new green guide called “The Wine Regions of France”. It is a practical, pocket size guide (provided you have big
BKWine recently met the well known Australian wine making consultant Richard Smart at a quick visit he made to Denmark. He was invited by the Danish Wine Growers’ Association. Some 30 (!) members and other
BKWine organises a new Scandinavian Wine Fair in Paris on February 11 in collaboration with Le Cercle Suédois. The date has just been set so we you will get more details later, but book the
Chateau Thieuley has long been a favourite of ours among the not-so-expensive Bordeaux wines – both the red and the white wines. The chateau is close to La Sauve Majeure, in the centre of Entre-deux-Mers.
Flemming and Peter Jørgensen bought Chateau de Haux in 1985. The vineyard was in poor shape and the chateau itself was in ruins. They were in for plenty of work to put things in order.
Öppet brev till: Anitra Steen, verkställande direktör, Systembolaget AB Från: Per Karlsson Om Systembolaget vilseledande information och politiska agerande Bästa Anitra, Det förefaller som om du och Systembolaget nyligen har gått in för att sprida
Följande inlägg fick vi från en person som försökt leverera vin till Systembolaget. Av någon anledning gick det inte att lägga in det i bloggen direkt, men här är det nu: – Jag har nu
Jennifer Rosen – an American wine writer (called Chotzi…?). Many articles on her site: www.vinchotzi.com (be aware: the site doesn’t work properly if you use the web browser Mozilla Firefox)
La Revue du Vin de France likes making classifications. We have talked about their suggested classification of Graves here before. Now they have taken on the ultimate in classifications: the 1855 classification of Bordeaux (Médoc,
One million dollars per year is the budget to double the wine exports in five years. Today Israel exports wine for a total value of 13.7 million dollars, half of which goes to the United
A tiny restaurant with amusing and colourful details and a very ambitious cuisine. The speciality of the house is ravioli (but there are other things
This big chateau in the northern part om Médoc belongs to the family Delon, who also owns the more famous Château Léoville-las-Cases i Saint-Julien and
Philippe Delarche has 9 hectares of vines in Côte de Beaune, and apart from Pernand-Vergelesses he also makes a little Corton and Corton-Charlemagne. His red
Ontario har idag ett monopol liknande det i Sverige (kontrollerat av Liquor Control Board of Ontario – LCBO). På uppdrag av myndigheterna har en expertpanel
Enligt Ekot och Svenska Dagbladet har Systembolaget bestämt sig för att vidta åtgärder mot vissa av de mutmisstänkta leverantörerna. Det gäller VinTrädgårdh, som blir helt
Ett inlägg från en läsare: ——- Hej BKWine! Bra att ni är kritiska till monopolet och Systembolagets hantering av vinsortimentet! Mina frågor och synpunkter är
På semestern i Sverige häromveckan hade vi tillfälle att se lite av vad Systembolagets nya propagandakampanj ”IQ-Initiativet” består av. Vi såg två olika reklam-TV-inslag (kan
Resveratrol is a substance that can be found in wine and that is believed to be good for your health. Now there is a site
According to our information (and as a confirmation of previous rumours) Vranken has bought Listel (owned mainly by Val d’Orbieu and the bank Credit Agricole).
Take a look in the calendar at the bottom of the Brief. There you have the upcoming wine auctions at Sotheby’s in London and New
The famous Burgundy house Remoissenet was recently sold to an American investor called Edward Millstein for around 10 million euro. Millstein bought Remoissenet in collaboration
Blaxta Vineyard just south of Stockholm was given a silver medal for its Vidal Ice Wine 2003 at Challange International du Vin at Vinexpo (www.challengeduvin.fr)
Every once in a while you see an new internet shop that tries and sell wine. That it is not very easy to do that
In the last Brief we mentioned that Fine Expressions, a magazine on wine and rinks, has been launched in the UK. You can get a
At the opening of Vinexpo the French minister of agriculture said ‘The French offer does not always win over new consumers, who sometimes prefer products
Louis Roederer International Wine Writers’ Awards 2005 have been given in four different categories: * Wine Writer of the Year 2005: John Stimpfig, articles in
In a survey by Deloitte almost half of the wineries were found to have made losses in 2004. As in France, the government has stepped
INAO has approved Beaume de Venise as a new AOC. The wine was previously part of Côtes du Rhône Villages. Permitted grape varieties are Grenache
Rumours (and press reports) are saying that the Taittinger champagne house is being put up for sale. It is owned by the Taittinger family that
44% of Lanson is owned by the bank Caisse d’Epargne. They have said that they are interested in selling their stake in the champagne house.
Michelin, famous for its red guides on gastronomy and green tourist guides, has launched a new green guide called “The Wine Regions of France”. It
BKWine recently met the well known Australian wine making consultant Richard Smart at a quick visit he made to Denmark. He was invited by the
BKWine organises a new Scandinavian Wine Fair in Paris on February 11 in collaboration with Le Cercle Suédois. The date has just been set so
Chateau Thieuley has long been a favourite of ours among the not-so-expensive Bordeaux wines – both the red and the white wines. The chateau is
Flemming and Peter Jørgensen bought Chateau de Haux in 1985. The vineyard was in poor shape and the chateau itself was in ruins. They were
Öppet brev till: Anitra Steen, verkställande direktör, Systembolaget AB Från: Per Karlsson Om Systembolaget vilseledande information och politiska agerande Bästa Anitra, Det förefaller som om
Följande inlägg fick vi från en person som försökt leverera vin till Systembolaget. Av någon anledning gick det inte att lägga in det i bloggen
Jennifer Rosen – an American wine writer (called Chotzi…?). Many articles on her site: www.vinchotzi.com (be aware: the site doesn’t work properly if you use
La Revue du Vin de France likes making classifications. We have talked about their suggested classification of Graves here before. Now they have taken on
One million dollars per year is the budget to double the wine exports in five years. Today Israel exports wine for a total value of
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