Would you pour me some please? Stop, stop, that’s enough.
Pumping over. Chateau Liversan, Domaines Lapalu, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux, France – Chateau Liversan, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Château Liversan is part of the Domaines Lapalu group and is in the Médoc appellation. It is part of the group of wine domains […]
Shopping list?
Wine shop. Sign outside with Chateau Petrus various old and expensive vintages. The town. Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France. – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Saint Emilion medieval village, Bordeaux stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The village of Saint Emilion is one […]
Glasses and corks
Wine tasting. Wine glasses. Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux, France – Chateau Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, generally called Pichon-Lalande, is in the commune of Pauillac […]
Remontage – Pumping Over
Pumping over, fermentation tanks. Chateau Malartic Lagraviere, Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France This is a new experiment: Below is a slide show that shows different details of pumping over (remontage). The idea is to describe in pictures how pumping over is done. (Thank you to Christian David, L’Expansion, for the idea for this type of […]
Don’t trip over – that’s 10,000€ worth of wine on your back
Harvest workers picking grapes. Carrying grapes in a basket. Chateau Margaux, Bordeaux, France. – Chateau Margaux, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau Margaux is located in the Margaux appellation, in the Medoc wine region, just north of the city of Bordeaux. It […]
How do you become a better photographer?
FastMediaMagazine.com has asked its readers, and anyone else who’s inclined to respond, to a (not so) simple question: What is the single most important thing you have done that made you a better and/or more successful photographer? Share your views at their post Call for photographers. If you’re curious what my response is you’ll […]
To the manor born?
A very unusual architecture for being in the Medoc in Bordeuax. Vineyard. Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc, Bordeaux, France. – Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the wine image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau Cantenac Brown is in the commune of Margaux in the Medoc […]
Chinese wine
(Chateau Richelieu has been sold to a Chinese retail chain according to press information.) La Favorite. Chateau Richelieu, Fronsac, Bordeaux, France – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau de Richelieu winery, Fronsac, Bordeaux, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The Chateau Richelieu […]
In a small and crowded space
This requires some explanation. this is a detail of an oak barrel where the end has been replaced by a plexi-glass sheet so that you can see the inside. The barrel is filled with grapes, yes entire grapes. That’s the blotchy red-black thing you see. This is a trendy, “modern” way that some winemakers vinify […]
The jaws of the beast?
Mechanical harvesting tractor. Interior with conveyor belt and vibrating bars. Chateau de Haux, Bordeaux, France – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau de Haux winery,Bordeaux, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The Chateau de Haux estate is located in what is often […]
Bare bones
Grape buch stems after destemming (“la rafle”). Chateau Belle-Garde, Bordeaux, France. – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau Belle-Garde winery,Bordeaux, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The Chateau Belle-Garde estate is located in what is often called the Entre-deux-Mers region, in the […]
Nice hat, Quinta do Carmo
Pumping over. Quinta do Carmo, Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal. – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Quinta do Carmo winery, Alentejo, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The Quinta do Carmo winery is located in the Alentejo wine region, east of Lisbon. It is […]
Pumped up
Fermentation tanks. Pumping over. J Portugal Ramos Vinhos, Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal. – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. J Portugal Ramos winery, Alentejo, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. J Portugal Ramos has become perhaps THE poster boy of Alentejo wineries. He evidently […]
Wine tasting. Herdade das Servas.
Wine tasting. Herdade das Servas Reserva 2003. Herdade das Servas, Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Herdade das Servas winery, Alentejo, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Herdade das Servas winery is in the Alentejo wine region in Portugal. […]
A good base for wine excursions
Evora is, for discovering the Alentejo wine region. Santo Antao Church and 18th century fountain on Praca do Giraldo. Evora, Alentejo, Portugal. – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Evora, Alentejo, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Evora is the central city (or […]
Pink wine too?
Fermentation tanks. Chateau Saint Christoly, Medoc, Bordeaux, France. When the sisters renovated the winery they painted the fermentation vats in pink… The woman’s touch? – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau Saint Christoly, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Chateau Saint […]
What, what? Books you said? No. This is better.
Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Bacalhoa Vinhos, Azeitao, Portugal. – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Bacalhoa Vinhos winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Bacalhoa Vinhos (João Pires & Filhos Lda) winery is located in the Vinho Regional Terras de Sado […]
The world upside down
But who cares when it’s a reflection in a luscious Moscatel de Setubal? Wine tasting. Wine glasses. Moscatel de Setubal JM Jose Maria da Fonseca, Azeitao, Setubal, Portugal. – THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Jose Maria da Fonseca winery, stock photography samples, by […]
Brown or Brane?
One needs to keep apart Chateau Cantenac Brown and Chateau Brane Cantenac in Bordeaux. Physically, they’re not far from each other in Margaux. Architecturally, they’re worlds apart. Vineyard. Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc, Bordeaux, France – Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Chateau Cantenac Brown is in the commune […]
A little something to help you see clearer
Well, actually not. Sometimes the candle can be used to check the clarity of the wine, but in this case it’s not what it’s for: Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Candle for lighting the sulphur pellet inside the barrel. Chateau Brane Cantenac, Margaux, Medoc, bordeaux, France – Chateau Brane Cantenac, Margaux, Medoc stock photography […]
David Sanger changes style
Not as dramatic as it sounds. the well known photographer David Sanger has simply changed his web/blog design from white text on black background to black text on white background. It simply makes it much more easy to read. Many photographers like to use a black background. I think this is in the belief (probably […]
Where am I today?
Quite an easy one this, isn’t it? Let’s make it more difficult: Exactly where was the picture taken?
So where were I the day before yesterday? #ewbc
Shouldn’t be too difficult this either.
On the European Wine Bloggers conference today (#EWBC)
Well, maybe you guessed, in Lisbon for the European Wine Bloggers Conference (#EWBC) in Lisbon. And this is some background for today’s session on monetisation of blogging and wine writing on the internet.
Where am I today?
Usually, I’m not necessarily in the location that the photo is from when I post here, but today I am. So, where am I today? –
I say to you: be picky!
Hand selecting the bad grapes at a sorting table. Merlot. Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne, Saint Emilion Bordeaux France. – Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne,Saint Emilion stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Chateau Grand Corbin Despagne is located in the Saint Emilion appellation, in the Bordeaux wine region, across the Garonne and Dordogne rivers from the […]
Iconic?
Chateau La Louviere, Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France. – Chateau La Louviere, Pessac-Leognan, Graves stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Chateau La Louviere is located in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, in the Graves wine region, just south of the city of Bordeaux. It belongs to André Lurton, one of the icons of the Bordelais wine […]
A bit of a handful. Or is it mouthful?
Harvest workers picking grapes. Chateau de Passavant, Anjou, Loire, France – Chateau de Passavant, Anjou, Loire stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Chateau de Passavant is located in the small village Passavant sur Layon, in the wine region of Anjou in Loire wine country. It is owned and managed by the brothers Francois David, […]
Why they stack bottles the way they do
This shows that if you stack the bottles the way they do in the cava cellars (and also in Champagne) it does not matter if one bottle in the big pile breaks, or for that matter if someone happens to pull out a bottle in the middle of the pile. Bottles aging in the cellar. […]
Is it OK to use photographs in magazine’s web archives without paying the photographer?
According to a recent court decision the answer is: no. Unless it has explicitly been agreed, a magazine cannot simply make available online electronic versions of its publication without paying a licens fee for the photographs in the magazine. (One would assume that the same thing goes for the texts and the journalists.) This is […]