Wine Pictures from BKWine

Pink wine too?

2009-11-09T09:10:00.002+01:00

Fermentation tanks. Chateau Saint Christoly, Medoc, Bordeaux, France.

When the sisters renovated the winery they painted the fermentation vats in pink... The woman's touch?

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Chateau Saint Christoly, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Chateau Saint Christoly (a Cru Bourgeois according to the now defunct classification) is located in the northern part of the Médoc region, at the far en from the city of Bordeaux itself. Today it is run by the two young daughters of the Héraud family: Sandrine Héraud, in charge of marketing and sales, and Catherine Héraud, winemaker, in charge of the wine production. The vineyards extend over 29 hectares on gravel and clay-limestone. It is planted with vines of two of the classic Bordeaux varieties: merlot and cabernet sauvignon. The wine is fermented in concrete vats (painted in pink at the recent renovation!), and aged for 12 months in oak barrels. The sisters are using mainly French wood but are also experimenting with some other sources.

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What, what? Books you said? No. This is better.

2009-11-08T11:54:00.002+01:00

Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Bacalhoa Vinhos, Azeitao, Portugal.

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Bacalhoa Vinhos winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Bacalhoa Vinhos (João Pires & Filhos Lda) winery is located in the Vinho Regional Terras de Sado wine region a short drive south of Lisbon, in the small town Azeitao. Alternatively, one can say that it is on the Setubal peninsula. Setubal is mainly known for its luscious sweet white wines from the moscatel grape variety, the Moscatel de Setubal (pronounced without the 'e' as 'stubal'). They are often aged for a very long time in wooden barrels.

Bacalhoa Vinhos is one of the biggest wine producers in Portugal today. The owner, Joe Berardo, is a wealthy business man who also has interests in the Madeira producer Henriques & Henriques. The winery in Azeitao is located in what used to be a warehouse for books, not a bad looking warehouse actually. There is plenty of space for the thousands of wooden barrels used for aging the wines, beautifully arranged in rows and piles. Inside the winery they age the wines in barriques, bottle, and store the finished wines. The winemaking is done outside, with the fermentation tanks, vats, presses and all other equipment shaded by a roof and surrounded by vineyards.

The winery also has a famous collection of old Portuguese painted tiles, the azulejos, some dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries.

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The world upside down

2009-11-07T12:08:00.002+01:00

But who cares when it's a reflection in a luscious Moscatel de Setubal?

Wine tasting. Wine glasses. Moscatel de Setubal JM Jose Maria da Fonseca, Azeitao, Setubal, Portugal.

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Jose Maria da Fonseca winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

The Jose Maria da Fonseca winery is located in the Vinho Regional Terras de Sado wine region a short drive south of Lisbon, in the small town Azeitao. Alternatively, one can say that it is on the Setubal peninsula. Setubal is mainly known for its luscious sweet white wines from the moscatel grape variety, the Moscatel de Setubal (pronounced without the ‘e’ as ‘stubal’). They are often aged for a very long time in wooden barrels, 20 years is not unusual, but they also exist in vintage versions. JM da Fonseca also makes ‘table’ wines, and is perhaps best known for its red Periquita brand. Periquita is both the name of the wine and the name of the grape variety from which it is made (the variety also goes under the name of castelão frances). Today it also exists in white (but of course made from a different grape variety). They are one of the biggest producers of wine in Portugal (480 hectares of vineyards according to one source) and have impressive cellars in Azeitao. The aging cellars are immense filled with old oak vats and barrels for aging both the table wines and the sweet muscat wines. Much of it is decorated with the charming traditional Portuguese painted tiles, the azulejos.

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Brown or Brane?

2009-11-06T09:22:00.002+01:00

One needs to keep apart Chateau Cantenac Brown and Chateau Brane Cantenac in Bordeaux. Physically, they're not far from each other in Margaux. Architecturally, they're worlds apart.

Vineyard. Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc, Bordeaux, France

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Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Chateau Cantenac Brown is in the commune of Margaux in the Medoc region in Bordeaux. It is one of the "classified growths", classified as a troisième cru (third growth) in the ancient classification of 1855. The vineyards extend over some 54 hectares, mostly around the chateau in the Cantenac area. It is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc. The chateau itself is one of the more unusual of the grand Medoc chateau, built in brick (or at least it looks as if it were) and more looking like a British mansion rather than a bordelais wine chateau.

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A little something to help you see clearer

2009-11-05T09:18:00.003+01:00

Well, actually not. Sometimes the candle can be used to check the clarity of the wine, but in this case it's not what it's for:

Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Candle for lighting the sulphur pellet inside the barrel. Chateau Brane Cantenac, Margaux, Medoc, bordeaux, France

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Chateau Brane Cantenac, Margaux, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Chateau Brane Cantenac is in the commune of Margaux in the Medoc region in Bordeaux (not to be confused with the neighbour Cantenac Brown!). It is one of the "classified growths", classified as a deuxième cru (second growth) in the ancient classification of 1855. The vineyards extend over some 90 hectares. It is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc. Today it belongs to the Lurton family, who is one of the great land and property owners in Bordeaux. It is run by the charming Henri Lurton since 1986, the oldest son of Lucien Lurton. The soil is gravel, sand and clay. The winery (chai) has recently been renovated and has an impressive range of new wooden fermentation vats. Wine is aged in French oak barrels, with some racking. It is bottled and labelled with a gold-and-black label of not the most modern design.

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David Sanger changes style

2009-11-04T10:45:00.003+01:00

Not as dramatic as it sounds. the well known photographer David Sanger has simply changed his web/blog design from white text on black background to black text on white background.

It simply makes it much more easy to read.

Many photographers like to use a black background. I think this is in the belief (probably correct) that the photographs who better against a black background.

The problem with this is, as David points out, that it is difficult to read white text on black background.

I think David's decision is the right one!

Will this blog follow the same path? Maybe. Most likely, actually. I have a project to entirely rebuild and redisign what we do on the web and that is one thing that is likely to change.

One example of it is the (currently in beta) photo site I have built on Photoshelter: http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography

Where am I today?

2009-11-04T09:53:00.002+01:00

Quite an easy one this, isn't it?

Let's make it more difficult: Exactly where was the picture taken?

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So where were I the day before yesterday? #ewbc

2009-10-31T10:40:00.001+01:00

Shouldn't be too difficult this either.

On the European Wine Bloggers conference today (#EWBC)

2009-10-31T10:21:00.002+01:00

Well, maybe you guessed, in Lisbon for the European Wine Bloggers Conference (#EWBC) in Lisbon.

And this is some background for today's session on monetisation of blogging and wine writing on the internet.

Where am I today?

2009-10-30T12:30:00.001+01:00

Usually, I'm not necessarily in the location that the photo is from when I post here, but today I am.

So, where am I today?

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I say to you: be picky!

2009-10-28T09:33:00.001+01:00

Hand selecting the bad grapes at a sorting table. Merlot. Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne, Saint Emilion Bordeaux France.

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Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne,Saint Emilion stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne is located in the Saint Emilion appellation, in the Bordeaux wine region, across the Garonne and Dordogne rivers from the city of Bordeaux. It is situated a short distance north of the village Saint Emilion. Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne is today managed by the owner / winemaker Francois Despagne. The vineyards cover some 26 hectares, mainly on sand and clay soil. The grape varieties used are for the most part merlot, with some cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and malbec. The winery is equipped with both stainless steel tanks and concrete vats. All are temperature controlled during the vinification. At harvest the grapes are sorted by hand after having been destemmed, before they are crushed and the fermentation starts.

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Iconic?

2009-10-27T09:03:00.002+01:00

Chateau La Louviere, Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France.

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Chateau La Louviere, Pessac-Leognan, Graves stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Chateau La Louviere is located in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, in the Graves wine region, just south of the city of Bordeaux. It belongs to André Lurton, one of the icons of the Bordelais wine scene. The chateau building itself has been beautifully restored by the Lurtons since André acquired the estate in 1965. The vineyards extend over more than 60 hectares, planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, and petit verdot used to make the red chateau La Louviere wines. For the white wines they use sauvignon blanc and sémillon.

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A bit of a handful. Or is it mouthful?

2009-10-26T08:59:00.001+01:00

Harvest workers picking grapes. Chateau de Passavant, Anjou, Loire, France

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Chateau de Passavant, Anjou, Loire stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Chateau de Passavant is located in the small village Passavant sur Layon, in the wine region of Anjou in Loire wine country. It is owned and managed by the brothers Francois David, the winemaker, and Olivier Lecomte, who is in charge of viticulture, vineyards and sales, together with Claire Lecomte. The chateau itself is an impressive medieval fortress owned by the David-Lecomte family since 1900. The vineyard are managed in organic viticulture, planted with a variety of grapes: chenin blanc, sauvignon, cabernet franc, and even grollot. the make a wide variety of wines: red wine, white wine (both sweet and dry), and sparkling. Harvesting the grapes are done, at least partially, by hand.

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Why they stack bottles the way they do

2009-10-24T13:11:00.002+02:00

This shows that if you stack the bottles the way they do in the cava cellars (and also in Champagne) it does not matter if one bottle in the big pile breaks, or for that matter if someone happens to pull out a bottle in the middle of the pile.

Bottles aging in the cellar. One bottle broken, exploded. Vallformosa, Vilobi, Penedes, Catalonia, Spain.

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Vallformosa winery stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Vallformosa is a family owned winery in Vilobí del Penedès, in the DO Penedes, in Catalonia in the north-eastern part of Spain. Their main production is the sparkling wine, cava, made with similar processes as in Champagne, e.g. a second fermentation in bottle. But they also make red, white and rosé wine. They have a total 400 hectares of vineyards. At the winery you can see some curioius old wooden fermentation vats, several hundred years old. It is a mid-sized winery, much smaller than the behemoths Freixenet and Codorniu, but still substantial in size. The second fermentation of the sparkling cava wine is made in bottle and the bottles are aged a certain time before the sediment is removed by the turning, "riddling", today done in automatic 'girasols' (gyropalette, giropalette).

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test

2009-10-23T22:26:00.001+02:00

Is it OK to use photographs in magazine's web archives without paying the photographer?

2009-10-23T10:49:00.003+02:00

According to a recent court decision the answer is: no.

Unless it has explicitly been agreed, a magazine cannot simply make available online electronic versions of its publication without paying a licens fee for the photographs in the magazine. (One would assume that the same thing goes for the texts and the journalists.)

This is the conclusion of a recent British court ruling in a dispute between the photographer Alan Grisbrook and MGN Ltd, published on Swan Turton Solicitors' web site:

COMMERCIAL USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON ARCHIVE WEBSITE INFRINGES PHOTOGRAPHER’S COPYRIGHT: GRISBROOK v MGN LTD

A very interesting read.

Swan Turton concludes with three points

"1. All parties, but especially licensees, should confirm in writing the terms of the licence they obtain to avoid the risk of subsequent disappointment at the court’s narrow interpretation of the licence. Basically if, as a licensee, you want more rights than the bare minimum, confirm it in a written agreement signed by the parties or risk being sued for copyright infringement.

2. Photographers, image libraries and other owners of copyright material should regularly check the uses to which their licensees are putting their material. If your licensees are using your material in ways which were not contemplated by the parties at the time the licence was entered into and in ways which are not covered by any written or other agreement, then you may well have a claim in copyright infringement.

3. Any photographer (or image library) who has licensed images to a newspaper which, like MGN, now appears to be making back copies of their editions available online to paid subscribers, may well, following this case, have a claim in copyright infringement if their licence agreement did not clearly allow such use."

You should read the full text to understand what this really means.

Very interesting!

Macedonian vineyard

2009-10-23T08:03:00.003+02:00

Vineyard. Domaine Gerovassiliou, Epanomi, Macedonia, Greece.

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Greece Macedonia Wine & Vineyards Stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Macedonia is a region in Northern Greece, bordering to Macedonia-FYROM and Albania. It is one of the premier quality wine regions in Greece. It has seen many young and ambitious winemakers bringing established wineries to new levels or by creating new vineyards. There are several different wine producing sub-regions. The most famous vineyards are perhaps in Naoussa. One should not forget Drama, Amyntaio, Kaval, Epanomi and others. Most wine is red, often made from local indigenous varieties. Some traditional grape varieties that we find here are xinomavro, malagousia, agiorghitiko, mavrodaphne for red and for white wine assyrtiko, malagousia, moschofilero and roditis...

Some of the best known quality wine producers are: Alpha Estate, Ktima Pavlidis, Wine Art Estate, Ktima Kir-Yianni Estate, the Amytaion Co-operative (also making much rosé and sparkling), Domaine Gerovassiliou, Ktima Biblia Chora, and the Boutaris Winery, to mention just a few. There is also a small vineyard run by the Tsantali winery on the famed monastic peninsula Mont Athos.

Tsipouro is another local drink, a distilled spirit flavoured with aniseed, much like the French pastis (anisée) and ouzo.

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Fill her up please

2009-10-22T09:18:00.003+02:00

Topping up. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Mas Igneus, Gratallops, Priorato, Catalonia, Spain.

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Mas Igneus, Priorat, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Mas Igneus is a vineyard and winery located near Gratallops in Priorat (Priorato), Catalonia, in north eastern Spain. It was founded in 1996 as a joint venture between Josep Maria Albet of the Catalan winery Albet I Noya, and Josep Maria Pujol-Busquets. The vineyards are cultivated organically and are certified as an organic winery. The modern wine cellar has an original architecture by alfons Soldevila. The vineyards extend over 11 hectares, are planted with garnatxa negra (grenache) and carinyena (carignan), plus some syrah, cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Most of the soil is the typical slate (schist) llicorella. They make several different red and white wines: e.g. Costers, Igneus FA206, Barranc.

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Curvaceous?

2009-10-20T23:02:00.004+02:00

Winding road, terraced vineyards. Priorato, Catalonia, Spain

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Catalonia Priorat, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Priorat (or Priorato) is a small wine region in Catalonia, in the province of Tarragona. It is notable for its high altitude vineyards grown on very poor soil in hot and arid climate. A typical terroir is the slate (schist) llicorella. A few decades ago a handful of pioneering winemakers settled in this almost forgotten corner of Spain and started to produce outstanding wines. The wines are very powerful, generally high in alcohol. Common grape varieties are cariñena (carinyena, carignan), garnacha (garnatxa, grenache), cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, samso and others. The capital of the region is Falset but from a wine point of view Gratallops is the focal point. It is a mountainous wine region with narrow winding roads and terraced vineyards, often difficult to cultivate. Some of the most famous wineries / wine producers are Clos Mogador, Costers del Siurana / Clos de l’Obac, Scala Dei, Mas Igneus, Buil I Gine, Rene Barbier, Alvaro Palacios…

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Stereo wine (Mas Comtal, Catalonia)

2009-10-20T08:52:00.002+02:00

Wine glasses. Pouring cava. Mas Comtal, Avinyonet, Penedes, Catalonia, Spain

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Mas Comtal winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

The Mas Comtal winery is located in Avinyonet del Penedès, Alt Penedes in Catalonia, in north eastern Spain. It has 27 hectares of vineyards at an altitude of about 350 m. They make white wine from xarel-lo and chardonnay grapes, and red wines from merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc grapes. They also produce a sparkling cava wine. Since 2001 the vineyard is in organic farming. It is a relatively small Catalan wine producer (compared to some of the very big houses in the region) and has gained a quality reputation internationally for its wines in recent years.

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Spinning or rotating

2009-10-19T09:08:00.002+02:00

Too much wine and your head may be spinning.

Too little extraction and maybe you should use rotofermenters.

Roto-fermenters. Tsantali Vineyards & Winery, Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece.

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Greece Macedonia Tsantali Winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

The Tsantali Agios Pavlos winery is located in northern Greece, in Macedonia, not far from Thessaloniki in Halkidiki. Tsantali is the biggest wine producer in Greece and has vineyards across the country. The wine production is indeed large scale. The winery has a substantial park of fermentation tanks, a whole row of (relatively) modern roto-fermentaters (rotating fermentation extraction tanks), and a large underground cellar for aging the wine in barrel.

They are also a big producer of the aniseed (anis) flavoured spirit tsipouro (similar to pastis / ouzo, or grappa, if without the anis flavour). the distillery is equipped with several shining distillation pots.

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Base camp

2009-10-18T11:12:00.002+02:00

San Barthomieu i Santa Tecla church. At night. The coast walk. Sitges, Catalonia, Spain

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Sitges, Catalonia, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Sitges is a good place to stay when you explore Catalan wine regions. (It's located just 35 kilometres south of Barcelona.) Don't choose Barcelona - it'll take ages to get out of and in to the city. Sitges, on the other hand, has easy access to most wine regions, Penedes of course but also (within an hour or two drive) Priorat, Monsant, Costers del Segre... It's not in the middle of the vineyards but they're not far away. It's beautifully located on the coast, easy access to the airport and plenty of hotels and restaurants.

It also has many tourist attractions. The beach, of course, with a beautiful beach walk all along the sea; the church San Barthomieu i Santa Tecla; museum Museu Maricel de Mar; Museu Romantic "Can Llopis" and much more. It has a bit of a reputation for being a holiday destination for gay men and lesbinas, but that is not really anything that you notice much when visiting. It is equally a very popular family holiday destination.

If you're lucky you might experience the carnival (in February and March) or a competition between teams trying to build the highest "human tower" (castell) - a genuinely Catalan sport.

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How much new oak do you use?

2009-10-17T10:15:00.002+02:00

In this case - not much!

Ancient, medieval oak vat. Codorniu, Sant Sadurni d'Anoia, Penedes, Catalonia, Spain

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Codorníu winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Codorníu is one of the biggest Spanish producers of sparkling wine - cava. Some claim it is the world's largest producer of sparkling wine. The winery is located in Sant Sadurni d'Anoya in Penedes in Catalonia in north eastern Spain. The sparkling wine is made by what used to be called the Champagne method, but that now must be called the traditional method with second fermentation in bottle. There are millions of bottles aging in the cellar. Many buildings at the winery are designed in the original Catalonian 'modernista' style. The architect, Josep Puig i Cadalfach, was one of the leading figures of the late 19th century movement.

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Grapes

2009-10-16T09:05:00.002+02:00

Well, sometimes you just can't come up with an inspired headline.

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Torres winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine.

Torres is one of the precursors of Spanish quality wine and of the development of international markets for Spanish wines. They are today producing wines in three different continents. The roots though are firmly placed in Catalonia, in Vilafranca del Penedes in north eastern Spain, where they also have a big winery. They own 1300 hectares of vineyard. The production is large scale and very modern. They have been experimenting with many different grape varieties, e.g. the internationally popular cabernet sauvignon (e.g. in Mas la Plana, previously known as Gran Coronas Black Label), chardonnay, gewurztraminer and many more. But they are also keen to preserve local traditional grape varieties.

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Sexy wine, or sexist wine?

2009-10-15T08:57:00.003+02:00

Well, neither is quite correct. The wines of Mount Athos is made by the Tsantali group. The vineyard is located on Mount Athos, a peninsula in Halkidiki that is almost like an autonomous province. Only men are allowed in. Women are not allowed to set foot on the grounds of Mount Athos.

Vineyard with Mount Athos top in the background. Mount Athos. Tsantali Vineyards & Winery, Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. Metoxi Chromitsa of St Panteleimon monastery.

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