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A delicious farewell at the Champagne-Burgundy Tour

Per Karlsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:29:08 +0000

Even a fantastic Burgundy-Chablis-Champagne wine tour has to finish. We ended it in style at the Michelin-starred restaurant Le Foch. It does not look much from the outside, but do step inside. It is classic, elegant and very good. We enjoyed a long farewell (which made us less sad) paired with some great champagnes. One that was 100% pinot meunier (which is the correct name) and a few others. It is the kind of meal that you almost have to force yourself to eat the little cakes you get with the coffee. In style, with memories for long.

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Curious things at Champagne Leclerc Briant, Epernay

Per Karlsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:09:59 +0000

Champagne Leclerc Briant is a peculiar champagne house. They are indeed biodynamic, but many are. But they do many other strange or unusual things. Making champagne in a gold plated stainless steel barrel? Yes. Lying-down terracotta eggs? Yes. Transparent glas spheres for fermentation? Yes. Ageing the wines 60 m under the sea (shouldn’t that be “under the sea surface”?)? Yes. But they are not shy of technology, shiny tanks. The latest fancy PAI grape press… But most importantly, they make delicious champagnes.

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Magnificent Avenue de Champagne

Per Karlsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:57:11 +0000

The Avenue de Champagne is a pearl necklace of magnificent building and imposing champagne houses. At the bottom (or beginning) you have Moet & Chandon, the biggest, of course. Then you have Pol Roger, the very magnificent town hall (town château, rather), Perrier Jouet, Leclerc Briant and several others. Grandiose, yes. A place to have a glass of champagne, perhaps. The best value for money, maybe not. But a great afternoon walk.

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Champagne Vincey, Oger, Champagne

Per Karlsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:43:51 +0000

Champagne Vincey, or Domaine Vincey as it says on the building, in Oger in Champagne has not been around for very long. They are making some excellent champagnes, very ambitious. One curiousity is their “tirage sur mout” which means that they do not add sugar for the second fermentation; instead they add grape juice from the following harvest. That means that they can’t make a vintage champagne of that cuvee. Figure that out if you can!

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At Champagne Serge Pierlot, Ambonnay, Champagne

Per Karlsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:23:36 +0000

Sometimes travel is the cause of curious coincidences. Early this year we were travelling in Soiuth Africa, visiting Gabrielskloof Wine Estate. I happened to start talking to a woman sitting there tasting a few wines all on her own. It turned out to be one of the sisters now running Champagne Serge Pierlot in Ambonnay. One thing led to another so on the wine tour this autumn we visited Champagne Serge Pierlot. Marie and Lucie told us a fascinating story of how a small family-run house is developing, how they work with the cooperative and what their plans are for the future.

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More myths and misunderstandings about champagne and Champagne | Per on Forbes

Per Karlsson — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:22:31 +0000

Do you care more about the name on the label or the taste of the contents? I’m sure it’s the latter. Sometimes it is difficult to rid oneself of “received wisdom”, though, which gets in the way of really appreciating the wine. Champagne, in particular, as well as other sparkling wines, are more than most subject to these misunderstandings and myths.

Serve it from an ice bucket.

Drink it from a pretty and tall glass.

Ultimate luxury is vintage.

Champagne is always from Champagne.

And, of course, champagne is the world’s best sparkling wine.

If you look closely, none of this is really true. Let’s dig into these myths and free you to enjoy your glass(es) of bubbly even more.

Read more in Per’s article on BKWine Magazine, originally published on Forbes: Five more myths about champagne, with a bonus | Per on Forbes.

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A new – and different? – generation wine drinkers

Per Karlsson — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:40:02 +0000

Argentinians drink only a fraction as much wine as they did a few decades back. The wine bottle is not a given on the family dining table. Is it terminal decline?

A week in Buenos Aires paints a very different picture, much more positive. Wine bar after wine bar prominently displayed and served wine on crowded side-walk seating. Young people were chatting and drinking. But not the same wines, nor in the same way as their parents and grandparents.

BKWine Magazine contributor Guido Spina spent a week immersed in the Buenos Aires scene and discovered the future might look brighter than we think for wine.

The story is much more generally applicable than just for Argentina. How do you see it?

Ed.: With this article, we introduce Guido Spina as a new contributor to BKWine Magazine. Guido is Argentinean and lives in Patagonia.

Read more in Guido Spina’s article on BKWine Magazine: Argentina No Longer Drinks Wine the Way It Used To – a Generation Shift With Cause for Hope?

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With Flavien at Champagne René Rutat in Vertus

Per Karlsson — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:27:31 +0000

A brand-new cellar and a delightful lunch—plus a whole range of exquisite Champagnes. That is what we experienced with Flavien and Flavia at Champagne René Rutat in Vertus, in the Côte des Blancs. A visit you won’t want to miss!

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Visit to magnificent Quinta do Seixo in the Douro Valley

Britt Karlsson — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:35:23 +0000

The views today from Quinta do Seixo (the Sandeman quinta) was just perfect. Tasting of some delicious Douro wines as well, of course.

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In the impressive cellars at Champagne Pommery in Reims

Per Karlsson — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:49:08 +0000

At Champagne Pommery in Reims they have a few million bottles in the cellars, kilometres of underground galleries, an astounding art collection, and some pretty nice wines. We tasted a series of wines that are not available on the market, only to restaurants, the Apanage range. But before that, a long walk in the labyrinth of underground tunnels dating back to Roman times.

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