wine school Archives | BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/tag/wine-school/ Wine on the internet since 1996 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:24:58 +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 wine school Archives | BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/tag/wine-school/ 32 32 Why does the wine have aromas of pepper? https://www.bkwine.com/news/wine-have-aromas-of-pepper/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/wine-have-aromas-of-pepper/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:24:15 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=420227 The fact that wine is a lot about chemistry has probably not escaped anyone. (After all, everything is chemistry.) However, you don’t need to know anything about chemistry to enjoy a wine. But sometimes you want to know where a particular aroma you feel on the nose comes from. What smells like raspberry, strawberry or […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/algae-in-the-vineyards/feed/ 0 Even more resistant grape varieties in France – have you tried kersus? https://www.bkwine.com/news/more-resistant-grape-varieties-kersus/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/more-resistant-grape-varieties-kersus/#respond Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:49:39 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=420075 The resistant grape varieties are becoming more and more numerous in France. Or, at least, more and more varieties are being permitted. Recently, four new grapes have been given the green light: Whites kersus pinot iskra Reds: pinot kors volturnis. These varieties have already been planted since 2020 in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. Just like […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/more-resistant-grape-varieties-kersus/feed/ 0 EU’s 18 (19) key wine countries – statistics and good advice for the future https://www.bkwine.com/news/eu-s-18-key-wine-countries/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/eu-s-18-key-wine-countries/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:36:18 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=419909 The wine sector is vital for EU’s cultural heritage and also for EU’s economy, society and rural areas. The wine sector has its own high-level group (“think tank”) that discusses the challenges and opportunities for the wine sector. The group has just published new recommendations consisting of a series of targeted policy measures to address […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/eu-s-18-key-wine-countries/feed/ 0 Where does that peculiar petroleum character in your riesling come from? https://www.bkwine.com/news/petroleum-character-in-riesling/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/petroleum-character-in-riesling/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:08:37 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=419901 Who has not at some point felt petroleum aroma in a wine, most likely in a riesling? This slightly odd aroma is often associated with older, mature riesling. There has been discussion about where the aroma actually comes from. And is a petroleum-scented riesling attractive or not? Well, opinions differ. It seems that either you […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/petroleum-character-in-riesling/feed/ 0 How the OIV has contributed to the world wine industry over 100 years and the importance of China joining https://www.bkwine.com/features/more/oiv-contributed-100-years-importance-of-china/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/more/oiv-contributed-100-years-importance-of-china/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:49:40 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=419929 The international Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) is possibly the world’s most important wine organisation. But it is very little known to most wine consumer. It has multiple roles, promoting and enabling scientific and commercial collaboration between wine producing countries, collecting and collating world wine statistics, enabling global rules and regulations for the sector, […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/more/oiv-contributed-100-years-importance-of-china/feed/ 0 Fungus-resistant grapes should be called fungus tolerant https://www.bkwine.com/news/fungus-resistant-should-be-called-fungus-tolerant/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/fungus-resistant-should-be-called-fungus-tolerant/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:16:37 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=419512 There is a lot of talk about fungus resistant grapes (sometimes called PIWI, from German pilzwiderstandsfähige). But the descriptor is maybe poorly chosen. The “fungus resistant” grapes used today are hybrids, in other words crosses between Vitis vinifera (the European vine) and American vines, Vitis somethingelse (labrusca, rupestris…). They are developed to have the American […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/news/fungus-resistant-should-be-called-fungus-tolerant/feed/ 0 Which countries irrigates their vineyards the most in the world? https://www.bkwine.com/news/which-countries-irrigates-their-vineyards-the-most-in-the-world/ https://www.bkwine.com/news/which-countries-irrigates-their-vineyards-the-most-in-the-world/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 07:54:51 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=418971 FranceAgriMer, under the French Ministry of Agriculture, publishes interesting figures on agriculture, including viticulture in France. Sometimes, they also publish figures for wine countries outside of France, such as how much of some wine countries’ areas are irrigated. Naturally, the New World countries lead the irrigation league. Australia and Argentina have 100% irrigation for their […]

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