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Borgogno, a Piedmont wine producer with a reboot

Ola Öhlund — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:10:57 +0000

Borgogno is a wine producer Barolo in Piedmont with a long history. It changed hands in 2008. Following the change of ownership, the quality of the wines has continued to rise. When the winemaker Andrea Farinetti came to Sweden to present his wines he met with BKWine Magazine’s Ola Öhlund. “I tasted all the vintages […]

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Ferrari, an Italian producer of high quality sparkling wines

Roland Eriksson — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 17:02:22 +0000

Sparkling wines are growing in popularity. Champagne is the most prestigious of bubbly, but how does an ambitious wine grower making quality wines in Italy compare with the French product? We decided to verify: a tasting of a series of wines from the quality winemaker Ferrari, from non-vintage brut, over rosé, to the prestige cuvée […]

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COS – biodynamics and amphora in Sicily

Britt Karlsson — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:48:48 +0000

“The vineyard is our bank savings so we must protect it,” says Giusto Occhipinti at COS winery in Sicily. He founded COS with two friends in the early 1980’s. “I had to go to school again and learn how to make wine. We took over an old cellar from the 1880s. In those days there […]

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Col d’Orcia – a winery in Montalcino, Tuscany

Åsa Johansson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:08:53 +0000

Col d’Orcia is one of the most famous vineyards in the Montalcino area in Tuscany, famous for its Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Col D’Orcia is a giant compared to many other producers of Brunello around the village of Montalcino. Mostly, the more than two hundred wine growers in the area have just a few acres […]

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Coffele, Soave, Italy – BKWine Pick

Britt Karlsson — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:43:00 +0000

Soave is probably the most well-known white wine in Italy. The small and very pretty medieval town of Soave in situated in the region of Veneto, not far from Verona. In the town centre you will find a very interesting Soave-producer, Azienda Agricola Coffele, an estate that is run by Guiseppe Coffele, hans fru Giovanna […]

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Braida, Rocchetta Tanaro, Asti – BKWine Pick

Britt Karlsson — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:30:00 +0000

In Monferrato, in the hills east of Asti, we find Braida, a winery belonging to the Bologna family. Today it’s the third generation Bolognas who manages the winery, Raffaella and Guiseppe, both with an oenology education. They are assisted by Norbert Reinisch, an Austrian doctor, married to Raffaella. The Bologna family were perhaps the first […]

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Colombaia, DOCG Chianti Colli Senesi

Per Karlsson — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:17:00 +0000

It’s a small property of only 4 hectares that has recently converted to biodynamic farming. They will have completed their Demeter certification next year. The production is artisan, they avoid adding any substances and in the vineyard they have a horse instead of a tractor. The wines are very interesting and expressive. Colobaia Bianco Toscano […]

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