Opinion Archives |  BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/category/opinion/ Wine on the internet since 1996 Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:43:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.bkwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-FavIcon-NEW-thick-Magazine-32x32.png Opinion Archives |  BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/category/opinion/ 32 32 Are we stuck in an old rut? | New Brief #258 https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/are-we-stuck-in-an-old-rut-new-brief-258/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/are-we-stuck-in-an-old-rut-new-brief-258/#respond Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:42:36 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=420302 The Prowein Business Report takes the pulse of the wine industry once a year. The new report states that the wine industry is at a crucial crossroads. That is pretty much what many others are saying too. Two things immediately strike you when you read the report: as a wine producer, you should focus on […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/are-we-stuck-in-an-old-rut-new-brief-258/feed/ 0 Allow time for the food | New Brief #257 (with many new pictures) https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/allow-time-for-the-food-new-brief-257-with-many-new-pictures/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/allow-time-for-the-food-new-brief-257-with-many-new-pictures/#respond Sun, 02 Feb 2025 11:41:24 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=420058 We all occasionally long for a break from the fast pace of daily life. One way of doing that is to spend time with your food. And I do not just mean eating and drinking, but also the preparations themselves. Shopping, cooking, choosing wine. Half the fun with a good meal at home is shopping […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/allow-time-for-the-food-new-brief-257-with-many-new-pictures/feed/ 0 Trends and non-trends | New Brief #256 https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/trends-and-non-trends-new-brief-256/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/trends-and-non-trends-new-brief-256/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:54:08 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=419853 New trends don’t appear just because the calendar says it’s a new year. But at the end of December, many people have a go at predicting everything new that will happen in the wine world. On the other hand, in the world of wine, trends rarely change drastically from year to year. Once a trend […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/trends-and-non-trends-new-brief-256/feed/ 0 Are we drowning in labels? | New Brief #255 https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/are-we-drowning-in-labels-new-brief-255/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/are-we-drowning-in-labels-new-brief-255/#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:51:22 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=419650 The wine world is being flooded with labels. I recently read that Champagne Bollinger was awarded the label “Entreprise du Patrimoine vivant” (roughly “a company that keeps historical tradition alive”); I didn’t even know one existed. On the same day, I saw that a French wine producer had been certified regeneratively for the first time. […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/100-points-new-brief-254/feed/ 0 Is a number worth a thousand words? | New Brief #253 https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/is-a-number-worth-a-thousand-words-new-brief-253/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/is-a-number-worth-a-thousand-words-new-brief-253/#respond Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:05:45 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=419403 Everyone who reads the Brief is probably more or less a wine enthusiast. We are, of course. We have been called geeks and it has probably happened to one or two of our readers as well. Where the line is drawn between an enthusiast and a geek is not clear to me. Is there anything […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/good-and-bad-with-wine-competitions/feed/ 2 Wine – a question of style | New Brief #250 https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/wine-a-question-of-style-new-brief-250/ https://www.bkwine.com/opinion/wine-a-question-of-style-new-brief-250/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:21:07 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=418623 “What is your favourite wine (or favourite region)?” I get asked this a lot, and it is an impossible question to answer. The last time someone asked, I realised a little later that I could have answered: “…but sometimes, I want a certain style of wine.” Somewhat vague, of course. I don’t have a favourite […]

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