Our spring wine tours were recently featured in the online magazine Glass of Bubbly. The magazine is, as you can guess, focussed on sparkling wines so what must have caught there eye was some of
BKWine has released the spring wine tour programs for 2016. It is a duel between the Old and the New World: one tour of the great classic wine region Bordeaux and one to an emerging
The best place to buy champagne when visiting Champagne is of course at the wine growers’, and then preferably at one of the small independent producers who make grower’s champagne. They are typically more interesting,
“Miam, miam, experience the world with the world’s best food tours” It is not our head-line. It is taken from the Tripadvisor article where they have featured BKWine Tours. Well, we are certainly very pleased
We are going to Haro later this season. Haro is the second most important city in Rioja, after Logrono. Logrono is much bigger but Haro is proportionally much more focussed on wine. In Haro you
In most cases, when you visit a winery, it is to taste the wine, talk to the winemaker and see the vineyard and cellar. Only on the rare occasion you also get the possibility to
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. Burgundy was put on the UNESCO list thanks to its climats. This has nothing to
Congratulations to our friends at Bodegas Gomez Cruzado in Rioja! They have just been awarded TripAdvisors Certificate of Excellence as a tourist destination. Well deserved! Gomez Cruzado is a small bodega in Haro the smaller
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. You do not travel to Champagne for the region’s spectacular scenery. For spectacular it is
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. Pantelleria is a tiny windswept island just off Sicily. The island has a very special
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. If it is a long time since you visited Bordeaux then you will see a
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. This beautiful river valley has been awarded the Unesco honour for its role in history
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. Also Piedmont is on the UNESCO World Heritage sites thanks to its landscape. It is
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. The Douro Valley is on the UNESCO World Heritage List partly thanks to its stunning
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. The Loire Valley has an unlikely collection of amazing castles and chateaux, which is also
I recently wrote about wine regions which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here comes the next wine district. Tokaj is an exciting area with exotic wines. Hungary has undergone a renaissance over the
Recently Champagne and Burgundy elected on to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. There are actually several wine regions that have been honoured by UNESCO in the same way. Decanter magazine recently published a
South Africa is a fantastic wine country to travel in. The wines are very good, you can find world class wines here if you know where to look. After having visited the South African wine
We arranged our first wine tour to Catalonia in 1989. Since then it we have had it as a destination every so often. Therefore, it is great to see that the Swedish wine tasting association
Two new wine and food tours for the winter season have been launched by BKWine. Both go to far-away exotic destinations: Chile and Argentina in South America, and to South Africa. Both tours offer the
South Africa has not only fine wines and excellent food; there are also hotels with a charm like in few other places. On our next wine and gourmet tour to South Africa (March 2016), you
Veneto has amarone but it also has “regular” Valpolicella, Soave, sparkling prosecco, and many other wines. It also has its own gastronomy, with delicious pasta, risotto, cheeses, hams and much more. It is one of
There are perhaps two things in particular that will surprise you when you come on a wine tour to Bordeaux. First: All the chateaux that you have heard of are there and they are almost
Three great wine districts on a single trip, is it possible? Absolutely! On the tour “Three Classics” we combine Champagne, Chablis and Sancerre, three classic French wine regions. Beginning in Sancerre and ending in Champagne
Travelling in Tuscany… Rolling hills, cypresses in perfectly straight lines, terracotta-coloured villas. And on top of it lovely wines that perfectly matches the Tuscan food. It’s the ideal image of Tuscany, Italy’s most classic wine
