Reviews Archives |  BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/category/reviews/ Wine on the internet since 1996 Thu, 09 May 2024 13:39:37 +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 Reviews Archives |  BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/category/reviews/ 32 32 Two fascinating, ground-breaking books on wine’s taste: “Le souffle du vin” and “Les parfums du vin” https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/two-ground-breaking-books-on-wine-taste/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/two-ground-breaking-books-on-wine-taste/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 13:37:37 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=418211 Describing wine is, at the same time, very personal and very scientific. What you perceive when you sniff or taste a wine depends on your own previous experiences (and imagination) and how your brain makes associations. However, it is also entirely based on chemicals; the smells and tastes come from volatile chemical compounds in wine […]

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Stowell’s Guide to the Wines and Wineries of Cyprus, by Matthew Stowell | Book Review https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/stowells-guide-to-the-wines-and-wineries-of-cyprus-book-review/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/stowells-guide-to-the-wines-and-wineries-of-cyprus-book-review/#respond Tue, 04 Jul 2023 08:06:44 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=415625 Stowell’s Guide to the Wines and Wineries of Cyprus by Matthew Stowell is probably the only book about Cypriot wines; at least, it is the only one I’ve seen. The core of the book is the 56 winery profiles. It covers – according to the author – all wineries (or almost) in Cyprus. Each profile […]

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Discovering Yamaguchi Sake | Book Review https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/discovering-yamaguchi-sake-book-review/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/discovering-yamaguchi-sake-book-review/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 14:11:55 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=414965 Jim Rion is a certified kikisake-shi (sommelier of sake) and has lived in Yamaguchi Prefecture (Japan) since 2004. He started writing about sake during the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. He decided to document the 23 breweries that are part of Yamaguchi Prefecture (*). Read on and see what BKWine Magazine’s guest writer Chloé Cazaux […]

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We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wines, by Camilla Gjerde | Book Review https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/we-dont-want-any-crap-in-our-wines-by-camilla-gjerde/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/we-dont-want-any-crap-in-our-wines-by-camilla-gjerde/#respond Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:39:26 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=411551 Camilla Gjerde fell in love with natural wines in 2008 when she drank a Sicilian frappato made by Arianna Occhipinti. Eventually, the dream of making a book about natural wines was born. Several of her favourite wines are made by women, and that became the theme of the book: women who make natural wines. The […]

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The Japanese Saké Bible | book review https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/japanese-sake-bible/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/japanese-sake-bible/#respond Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:39:36 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=378552 Not only wine is worth drinking. Saké too. That is certainly Brian Ashcraft’s conviction. He tries to convey all his passion for sake and all his knowledge (or at least a good part of it) in his book The Japanese Saké Bible. And he does an excellent job of it. Sake (as it is also […]

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“The Mythology of Wine” by Arthur George, a book review https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/the-mythology-of-wine/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/the-mythology-of-wine/#respond Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:49:21 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=376309 Was it, in fact, a grape and not an apple that Adam and Eve ate in Paradise? It is worth thinking about. At least that is the opinion of Arthur George, historian and winemaker. In the conveniently small book “The Mythology of Wine” he guides us through the mythology of wine, from the beginning around […]

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The life of a wine region in Jon Wyand’s Four Seasons in Cote Chalonnaise | Per on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/the-life-of-a-wine-region-in-jon-wyands-four-seasons-in-cote-chalonnaise-per-on-forbes/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/wine-books/the-life-of-a-wine-region-in-jon-wyands-four-seasons-in-cote-chalonnaise-per-on-forbes/#respond Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:08:47 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=348577 The Cote Chalonnaise is what you could call a “low-key” wine region. There are no famous names. No exorbitantly priced wines (as opposed to other parts of Burgundy). No famous cities. It’s just a normal wine region. This book is exactly a reflection of that. It is a low-key wine book. Four Seasons in Cote […]

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Generations of work in Burgundy impresses, Domaine Goisot https://www.bkwine.com/features/wine-producer-profiles/generations-work-burgundy-impresses-domaine-goisot/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/wine-producer-profiles/generations-work-burgundy-impresses-domaine-goisot/#respond Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:05:37 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=342944 White wines from northern Burgundy in the Caviste online shop A business run by the family for generations sounds almost everyday in a wine context. But pause for a moment and give a thought to what it really means. Exactly, a never-ending toil with the same patch of land and an unbroken chain of experience […]

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Wines to keep an eye on: Domaine de Marcoux https://www.bkwine.com/features/wine-producer-profiles/wines-keep-eye-domaine-de-marcoux/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/wine-producer-profiles/wines-keep-eye-domaine-de-marcoux/#respond Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:00:04 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=342819 Chateauneuf-du-Pape and other Rhone wines from a famous family winery Domaine de Marcoux is not one of the biggest producers in Chateauneuf, but it is a very highly respected family winery with a history of making quality wines, with biodynamic principles. Their recent vintages have just arrived on the market in Sweden, but are also […]

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Riesling and Asian food in Gothenburg | restaurant review https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/restaurants-wine-bars/sweden-eats/riesling-asian-food-gothenburg-restaurant-review/ https://www.bkwine.com/reviews/restaurants-wine-bars/sweden-eats/riesling-asian-food-gothenburg-restaurant-review/#respond Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:44:15 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=340629 Made in China, on Tredje Långgatan street nr 9 in Gothenburg, is more oriented towards Asian fusion food than pure Chinese. The food is delicious, modestly priced and the wine list is very interesting, not least the collection of riesling wines. From 425 kronor (40+ euro) and up to 950 kronor; you can choose between […]

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