Åsa Johansson is Swedish but lives in Italy. She is in charge of most of what BKWine does in Italy, she virtually is BKWine Italia, and she sometimes writes here on BKWine Magazine. But she
For printed publications there are in many countries at least a quasi-official reader statistics for magazines and papers (or on circulation or print run numbers). In Sweden this is called “TS Controlled” edition, in other
Are the statistics true and accurate? And comparable? We recently passed the five million page views mark, but how does one interpret the numbers on visitor statistics? It is notoriously difficult, both because of what
We have passed 5 million “page views”, but it is difficult to interpret web statistics We have recently passed the five million “page loads” mark, which roughly can be interpreted as the number of articles
One of BKWine’s reporters and writers joins the Circle of Wine Writers Magnus Reuterdahl, one of our contributors, has just been admitted to the Circle of Wine Writers. We say a big welcome Magnus! Magnus
The “wine bloggers conference” is after all much easier to say than the Digital Wine Communications Conference… How can you communicate, tell stories, write articles on wine, travel and food and make them more engaging
We have made a list with all Swedish wine blogs. All that we could find. We thought that we would find perhaps 30 or 40 wine blogs in Sweden when we started. It turned out
The question is fundamental to the whole concept of blind tastings. There are many arguments for saying that it is virtually impossible to give a fair judgement about a wine if you taste it totally
It is not (yet) the wines made by Göran Amnegård at the Blaxta vineyard south of Stockholm (Sweden) that has reached Italy but it is his reputation. Blaxta is perhaps the Swedish vineyards that has
Sparked by a twitter discussion recently and by the fact that the debate pops up every so often (in particular on American wine blogs!) I though it could (possibly) be interesting to bring up this
Some free help from us to wine marketing people This is our attempt to make an (as much as possible) comprehensive list of Swedish wine blogs. On BKWine Magazine (this site) you can find this
Do you need prior knowledge (about the wine region, producer etc) as a wine writer to evaluate a wine? Can you taste a wine totally blind and still give a competent tasting note? Or, if
On august 30 we launched our new book in Stockholm: Wine and the Environment, Organic, Biodynamic and Natural. The book is so far only published in Swedish so the real title is Vinet och miljön,
BKWine among WBI’s Major Wine Media Players WBI looks at Scandinavia, China, Russia, Germany, UK, US and Brazil Meininger’s Wine Business International (WBI) is an eminently readable magazine about … the business of wine. In
We didn’t win the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards 2012 but instead the In Vino Amicitas Grand Prix Lalau pour L’Amitié entre les Vins Congratulations to Andrew Jefford and Michael Fridjhon and several others for
You do read our travel blog, don’t you? You really should! With info around wine travel (not only our own) and other fun things. For example, some recent articles: Fantastic Sicily – new wine travel
Is it important or irrelevant with “disclosure” of free samples etc? Sparked by a twitter discussion and by yesterday’s text on French wine bloggers I though it could (possibly) be interesting to bring up this
A survey of French wine bloggers Guillaume Lempérière has recently published a study on French wine bloggers. It is part of his marketing research work at the Rouen Business School. Here are some of his
Bear with me for just a little bit. I am not crazy. Svenssonsmakaren is a Swedish wine blog but I do recommend that you go there and take a look. It is not easy to
Early this year we “recruited” a team of wine lovers to help us cover more and better what happens in the world of wine, and in particular in Scandinavia. The Scandinavian market is peculiar in
Are you one of the 900 million people on Facebook? Then it would be nice if you “liked” our new Facebook pages. We actually have four of them: www.facebook.com/BKWineMagazine – where we write ”editorial” things,
Here is the list of the top ten articles for January, i.e. those that had the most readers (in English): Wine Tweeting 1: how to get started on Wine Twitter 11 wine regions to discover
What’s in a word? What is “minerality” in a wine? It is very fashionable nowadays to talk about the minerality of a wine. It is easy to describe a wine as having minerality but it
Here are the most visited English language pages on BKWine Magazine in 2011. Or to be really correct, since we re- launched the web site in the new design in early June, and excluding the
There has recently been a curious “debate” on one of the major Swedish wine blogs on what is “the strongest wine in the world”, naturally fermented, excluding fortified wines. It started some time back with
The Born Digital Wine Awards (BDWA) is a competition that aims to promote and honour good writing and imagery on wine that has been published online. It is open to anyone who produces content on
This will give you yet another curious view on the Swedish wine scene and the Swedish journalist community. In Sweden there is a retail monopoly. But since a few years back, thanks to EU regulations,
Fine Magazine is a super-luxury-premium wine magazine (that is actually published in Finland!). Their latest issue is a special celebration of Bordeaux wines. The write, among other things, about “the 100 Best Bordeaux Wines Ever
We are happy to introduce a new contributor to BKWine Magazine: Stuart George. Stuart has worked as a wine merchant, travelling extensively through the world’s wine regions, before turning to writing. In 2003 he was
We are very happy to introduce Jeff Leve as a new contributor to BKWine Magazine. Jeff Leve is founder and editor of The Wine Cellar Insider, a wine site focusing on Bordeaux wine, and also
Åsa Johansson is Swedish but lives in Italy. She is in charge of most of what BKWine does in Italy, she virtually is BKWine Italia,
For printed publications there are in many countries at least a quasi-official reader statistics for magazines and papers (or on circulation or print run numbers).
Are the statistics true and accurate? And comparable? We recently passed the five million page views mark, but how does one interpret the numbers on
We have passed 5 million “page views”, but it is difficult to interpret web statistics We have recently passed the five million “page loads” mark,
One of BKWine’s reporters and writers joins the Circle of Wine Writers Magnus Reuterdahl, one of our contributors, has just been admitted to the Circle
The “wine bloggers conference” is after all much easier to say than the Digital Wine Communications Conference… How can you communicate, tell stories, write articles
We have made a list with all Swedish wine blogs. All that we could find. We thought that we would find perhaps 30 or 40
The question is fundamental to the whole concept of blind tastings. There are many arguments for saying that it is virtually impossible to give a
It is not (yet) the wines made by Göran Amnegård at the Blaxta vineyard south of Stockholm (Sweden) that has reached Italy but it is
Sparked by a twitter discussion recently and by the fact that the debate pops up every so often (in particular on American wine blogs!) I
Some free help from us to wine marketing people This is our attempt to make an (as much as possible) comprehensive list of Swedish wine
Do you need prior knowledge (about the wine region, producer etc) as a wine writer to evaluate a wine? Can you taste a wine totally
On august 30 we launched our new book in Stockholm: Wine and the Environment, Organic, Biodynamic and Natural. The book is so far only published
BKWine among WBI’s Major Wine Media Players WBI looks at Scandinavia, China, Russia, Germany, UK, US and Brazil Meininger’s Wine Business International (WBI) is an
We didn’t win the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards 2012 but instead the In Vino Amicitas Grand Prix Lalau pour L’Amitié entre les Vins Congratulations
You do read our travel blog, don’t you? You really should! With info around wine travel (not only our own) and other fun things. For
Is it important or irrelevant with “disclosure” of free samples etc? Sparked by a twitter discussion and by yesterday’s text on French wine bloggers I
A survey of French wine bloggers Guillaume Lempérière has recently published a study on French wine bloggers. It is part of his marketing research work
Bear with me for just a little bit. I am not crazy. Svenssonsmakaren is a Swedish wine blog but I do recommend that you go
Early this year we “recruited” a team of wine lovers to help us cover more and better what happens in the world of wine, and
Are you one of the 900 million people on Facebook? Then it would be nice if you “liked” our new Facebook pages. We actually have
Here is the list of the top ten articles for January, i.e. those that had the most readers (in English): Wine Tweeting 1: how to
What’s in a word? What is “minerality” in a wine? It is very fashionable nowadays to talk about the minerality of a wine. It is
Here are the most visited English language pages on BKWine Magazine in 2011. Or to be really correct, since we re- launched the web site
There has recently been a curious “debate” on one of the major Swedish wine blogs on what is “the strongest wine in the world”, naturally
The Born Digital Wine Awards (BDWA) is a competition that aims to promote and honour good writing and imagery on wine that has been published
This will give you yet another curious view on the Swedish wine scene and the Swedish journalist community. In Sweden there is a retail monopoly.
Fine Magazine is a super-luxury-premium wine magazine (that is actually published in Finland!). Their latest issue is a special celebration of Bordeaux wines. The write,
We are happy to introduce a new contributor to BKWine Magazine: Stuart George. Stuart has worked as a wine merchant, travelling extensively through the world’s
We are very happy to introduce Jeff Leve as a new contributor to BKWine Magazine. Jeff Leve is founder and editor of The Wine Cellar
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