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Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 122, October 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 121, September 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 120, August 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 119, July 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 118, June 2013

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 year anniversary for the BKWine Brief!

In May 2003 we published the very first issue of the BKWine Brief. It was short (with time it has grown and grown), it was not very elegantly designed (yes, we still have room for

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 117, May 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 116, April 2013

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.

Britt Karlsson & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 115, March 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 114, February 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 113, January 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 112, December 2012

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?

BKWine Brief nr 111, November 2012

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

BKWine Brief nr 110, October 2012

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 109, September 2012

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 122, October 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 119, July 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 118, June 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 117, May 2013

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

Britt & Per Karlsson, BKWine

BKWine Brief nr 116, April 2013

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.

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