BKWine Magazine https://www.bkwine.com/ Wine on the internet since 1996 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:31:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.bkwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-FavIcon-NEW-thick-Magazine-32x32.png BKWine Magazine https://www.bkwine.com/ 32 32 All those stories you hear in the vineyards… | New Brief #278 https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/all-those-stories-you-hear-in-the-vineyards-new-brief-278/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/all-those-stories-you-hear-in-the-vineyards-new-brief-278/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:31:29 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=423283 There are different ways of talking about wine. In fact, these days there is a great deal of discussion about how we talk about wine. Some believe that the current discourse is elitist, exclusionary (that is, alienating), overly complicated, and unappealing to younger consumers. Some even argue the opposite of appealing: that it actively drives […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/all-those-stories-you-hear-in-the-vineyards-new-brief-278/feed/ 0 BKWine Brief nr 278, October 2026 https://www.bkwine.com/newsletter/bkwine-brief-archive/278-october-2026/ https://www.bkwine.com/newsletter/bkwine-brief-archive/278-october-2026/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:38:31 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=423270 — All those stories you hear in the vineyards… — There are different ways of talking about wine. In fact, these days there is a great deal of discussion about how we talk about wine. Some believe that the current discourse is elitist, exclusionary (that is, alienating), overly complicated, and unappealing to younger consumers. Some […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/newsletter/bkwine-brief-archive/278-october-2026/feed/ 0 The 2026 harvest in Bordeaux: drought more damaging than heat, irrigation a saviour https://www.bkwine.com/news/2026-harvest-in-bordeaux/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/2026-harvest-in-bordeaux/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:24:51 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=422985 The forest fires south of Bordeaux this summer never reached the wine regions. But les canicules, the heat waves, were bad. David Stannard at Paradise Rescued, a small winery in Cardan in the Entre-deux-Mers region, has lived in Australia for a long time and is used to very warm weather. Still, even he thinks this […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/2026-harvest-in-bordeaux/feed/ 0 This summer’s major forest fires in Bordeaux and elsewhere: will the wine get smoke taint? https://www.bkwine.com/news/forest-fires-in-bordeaux/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/forest-fires-in-bordeaux/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:13:31 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=423016 Large forest fires have swept across Europe this summer, and the question of smoke tainted grapes has been widely discussed. It’s an issue that has been relevant for years in places like California and Australia, regions long affected by annual, large scale wildfires. How do these fires impact wine grapes? Research is ongoing, and our […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/forest-fires-in-bordeaux/feed/ 0 Early and rapid harvest in Germany 2026: smaller volume but healthy grapes https://www.bkwine.com/news/early-and-rapid-harvest-in-germany/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/early-and-rapid-harvest-in-germany/#respond Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:15:17 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=422971 The 2026 harvest began record early in almost all German wine regions. The warm summer caused the grapes to ripen very quickly, which means the harvest was already underway second half of August and accelerated during the first week of September. The weather ideally needed to remain as dry as possible; heavy rainfall would further […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/early-and-rapid-harvest-in-germany/feed/ 0 New on the travel site: Live, Dispatches from The Vineyards and Wine Regions https://www.bkwine.com/news/live-dispatches-from-the-vineyards/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/live-dispatches-from-the-vineyards/#respond Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:20:58 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=422961 We have started a new experiment. We want to share more of all the beautiful, exciting, interesting things that we encounter on our wine tours. The best thing is of course to be on the tour, but the next best thing is to see pictures from what happens on the visits. We have therefore started […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/live-dispatches-from-the-vineyards/feed/ 0 Stéphane Vedeau in the Southern Rhône: a winemaker to watch with La Ferme du Mont and Clos Bellane https://www.bkwine.com/news/la-ferme-du-mont-and-clos-bellane/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/la-ferme-du-mont-and-clos-bellane/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:56:46 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=423005 We recently tasted a couple of wines from Stéphane Vedeau, a winemaker who is attracting a lot of attention in the southern Rhône Valley. We tasted his wines from Séguret and Valréas, two well‑known Côtes‑du‑Rhône Villages. Both wines deliver the character you hope for from this charming region of France: a mix of red and […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/la-ferme-du-mont-and-clos-bellane/feed/ 0 Record early harvest in Champagne: visit to Thomas Cheurlin in Côte des Bar https://www.bkwine.com/news/early-harvest-in-champagne/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/early-harvest-in-champagne/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:04:19 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=422951 We arrived in Côte des Bar, Champagne’s southernmost sub region, on August 25 and assumed the harvest would be in full swing. (Read more on Côte des Bar and Champagne Vaucelle in this BKWine Magazine article.) But no, it had just finished. “It was a very early harvest, record early in fact,” says Freddy Creniller, […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/early-harvest-in-champagne/feed/ 0 Time to get to know Marlborough even better, now with the help of drones https://www.bkwine.com/news/marlborough-drones/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/marlborough-drones/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:35:39 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=422152 Marlborough, the famous wine region in New Zealand, has long been considered as one big region, mostly planted with sauvignon blanc. Now, there is a clear wish among the producers to understand more about the different sub-regions and how they actually influence the character of the wines. Also, other grape varieties are important for Marlborough […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/marlborough-drones/feed/ 0 Can You Yell the Difference Between “Bad” and “Small”? | New Brief #277 https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/can-you-yell-the-difference-between-bad-and-small-new-brief-277/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/can-you-yell-the-difference-between-bad-and-small-new-brief-277/#respond Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:02:11 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=422875 Several years ago, I spoke with a wine producer who was complaining about wine journalists. We were discussing a particular vintage that some journalists had written off as worthless before the grape must had even made it into the tank. It had been a difficult growing season, certainly, and perhaps yields would be somewhat lower. […]

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