Fill her up please
Topping up. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Mas Igneus, Gratallops, Priorato, Catalonia, Spain. – Mas Igneus, Priorat, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Mas Igneus is a vineyard and winery located near Gratallops in Priorat (Priorato), Catalonia, in north eastern Spain. It was founded in 1996 as a joint venture between Josep Maria […]
Curvaceous?
Winding road, terraced vineyards. Priorato, Catalonia, Spain – Catalonia Priorat, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Priorat (or Priorato) is a small wine region in Catalonia, in the province of Tarragona. It is notable for its high altitude vineyards grown on very poor soil in hot and arid climate. A typical terroir is the […]
Stereo wine (Mas Comtal, Catalonia)
Wine glasses. Pouring cava. Mas Comtal, Avinyonet, Penedes, Catalonia, Spain – Mas Comtal winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The Mas Comtal winery is located in Avinyonet del Penedès, Alt Penedes in Catalonia, in north eastern Spain. It has 27 hectares of vineyards at an altitude of about 350 m. They make white […]
Spinning or rotating
Too much wine and your head may be spinning. Too little extraction and maybe you should use rotofermenters. Roto-fermenters. Tsantali Vineyards & Winery, Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. – Greece Macedonia Tsantali Winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The Tsantali Agios Pavlos winery is located in northern Greece, in Macedonia, not far from Thessaloniki in […]
Base camp
San Barthomieu i Santa Tecla church. At night. The coast walk. Sitges, Catalonia, Spain – Sitges, Catalonia, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Sitges is a good place to stay when you explore Catalan wine regions. (It’s located just 35 kilometres south of Barcelona.) Don’t choose Barcelona – it’ll take ages to get out […]
How much new oak do you use?
In this case – not much! Ancient, medieval oak vat. Codorniu, Sant Sadurni d’Anoia, Penedes, Catalonia, Spain – Codorníu winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Codorníu is one of the biggest Spanish producers of sparkling wine – cava. Some claim it is the world’s largest producer of sparkling wine. The winery is located […]
Grapes
Well, sometimes you just can’t come up with an inspired headline. – Torres winery, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Torres is one of the precursors of Spanish quality wine and of the development of international markets for Spanish wines. They are today producing wines in three different continents. The roots though are firmly […]
Sexy wine, or sexist wine?
Well, neither is quite correct. The wines of Mount Athos is made by the Tsantali group. The vineyard is located on Mount Athos, a peninsula in Halkidiki that is almost like an autonomous province. Only men are allowed in. Women are not allowed to set foot on the grounds of Mount Athos. Vineyard with Mount […]
Is symmetry a quality in wine?
Probably not. But in the wine cellar it can make for nice photos. Oak barrel aging cellar. Albet i Noya. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Penedes Catalonia Spain. – Albet i Noya in Sant Pau d’Ordal, stock photography samples. By Per Karlsson, BKWine. The Albet family have been making wine in Penedes since the […]
Chateau Bellefont Belcier, Saint Emilion
Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Chateau Bellefont Belcier, Saint Emilion, bordeaux, France – Bordeaux Saint Emilion Chateau Bellefont Belcier, stock photography samples. By Per Karlsson, BKWine. Château Bellefont-Belcier is a vineyard located a few kilometres east of the town of St Emilion in the commune of St. Laurent des Combes. It has 13 hectares […]
There’s some rot in Greece
Or apparently so. Why else would one be spraying with sulphur? Spraying with a tractor in the vineyard. Ktima Pavlidis Winery, Drama, Macedonia, Greece – http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/CSlideShow.swf?sv=20090929&feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Greece-Pavlidis-Winery-Drama-stock-photo-samples/G0000fMqUTylDWoI%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200&f_l=t&f_fscr=f&f_tb=t&f_bb=t&f_bbl=f&f_fss=f&f_2up=f&f_crp=t&f_wm=t&f_s2f=t&f_emb=t&f_cap=t&f_sln=t&ldest=c&imgT=casc&cred=iptc&trans=xfade Greece Pavlidis Winery Drama stock photo samples – Images by Per Karlsson
The end of the tunnel… Who wants to get to the end of the tunnel?
Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Domaine Gerovassiliou, Epanomi, Macedonia, Greece. – Stock photography samples from Domaine Gerovassiliou, images by Per Karlsson. Ktima Domaine Gerovassiliou in Epanomi, Greece, is located not far from Thessaloniki in Macedonia. It was founded by the oenologist Evangelos Gerovassiliou. It has been a forerunner in Greece to champion local indigenous […]
Wired – A case for good wine
Bottles aging in the cellar. 1980. Boutari Wineries, Steinmachos, Naoussa, Macedonia, Greece – Greece Macedonia Boutari Winery Naoussa, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Boutari is a big, well know winery in Northern Greece, in the Naoussa area in Macedonia. It is perhaps one of the internationally best known wine producers in the region, […]
Perfect symmetry – wine is art?
Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Wine Art Estate Winery, Microchori, Drama, Macedonia, Greece – http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Greece-Wine-Art-Estate-Winery-Drama-stock-photo-samples/G0000zZgMtmpcMyk%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Greece Wine Art Estate Winery Drama stock photo samples – Images by Per Karlsson
And the lights of the city on the horizon
Vineyard. Domaine Gerovassiliou, Epanomi, Macedonia, Greece. The vineyards are not far from the Northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. In good weather and the right light you can probably see it. Stock photography samples from Domaine Gerovassiliou, images by Per Karlsson. – Ktima Domaine Gerovassiliou in Epanomi, Greece, is located not far from Thessaloniki in Macedonia. […]
Biblical wine? No, just an old vine.
Vineyard. Winery building. Biblia Chora Winery, Kokkinohori, Kavala, Macedonia, Greece Ktima Biblia chora, meaning simply the Biblia chora Estate. Apparently Biblia is the name of an old indigenous grape variety in northern Greece. Stock photography samples from Biblia Chora Winery, Pangeon, images by Per Karlsson. Ktima Biblia Chora Winery was founded by Evangelos Gerovassiliou and […]
Tasting
Wine tasting. Wine glasses. Henrque HM Uva, Herdade da Mingorra, Alentejo, Portugal Herdade da Mingorra (HM UVA) Winery stock photography samples Herdade da Mingorra (also called H.M. Uva, after the founder Henrique Uva) is a new winery in the Alentejo (Baixo Alentejo) region in Portugal, some two hours’ drive south east from Lisbon. It has […]
Herdade da Malhadinha Nova, Alentejo
Vineyards. Oak tree. Herdade da Malhadinha Nova, Alentejo, Portugal. Herdade da Malhadinha Nova sample stock photography. Herdade da Malhadinha Nova in the Alentejo region in Portugal is located some two hours’ drive from Lisbon. It is run by the two brothers Joao and Paulo Soares together with their families. The Soares family bought a run […]
Hello! Is there anyone heeeree?
Well, it’s not the most urban place around, but not quite as empty as it may look. View over the mountains. Man walking. Amyndeon Amindeo region, Macedonia, Greece http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Greece-Amyndeon-wine-region-stock-photo-samples/G00008HvIRe0MXlk%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Greece Amyndeon wine region stock photo samples – Images by Per Karlsson
But the mosquitoes were killing me
Winery building at night, illuminated. Alpha Estate Winery, Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece. And the explanation for the headline. The picture is taken from the vineyard. It was lateish evening. I was perilously balancing on top of a wooden box shielding an irrigation pump. Irrigation pumps always leak a little bit so the soil was very humid, […]
Traminer in the bear mountains
Vineyard. Traminer. Amyntaion (Amyntaio) wine cooperative, Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece But we never got to see the bears. http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Greece-Amyntaion-wine-cooperative-stock-photo-samples/G0000dpSqHJ.A4yQ%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Greece Amyntaion wine cooperative stock photo samples – Images by Per Karlsson
Oozing of ouzo, ahem, sorry tsipouro, I mean
Apologies for the rather silly headline, but sometimes it is low tide in inspiration. It is of course tsipouro since we’re in Greece here, more specifically at the tsipouro bar of YaMas (excellent restaurant with a good wine selection, worth trying) in Thessaloniki. (Or is it perhaps ouzo all the same?): Saffron flavoured ouzo. YaMas […]
Would you like a glass of sherry?
A glas of sherry, a bottle and a glass of water at Juveniles, a wine bar, restaurant and wine shop in Paris Paris, France. http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Paris-Cafes-Wine-Bars-Restaurants-Photography/G0000J6vhx9ITym4%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Paris Cafes, Wine Bars, Restaurants Photography – Images by Per Karlsson
Epamprage in Savennieres
Removing unwanted branches and leaves, epamprage, efeuillage. Domaine Chateau de la Roche aux Moines, Savennieres, Anjou, Loire, France. http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Loire-Savennieres/G00005EXeYzJ.MI4%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Loire Savennieres – Images by Per Karlsson
European Wine Bloggers Conference
Perhaps one should call it the International Wine Bloggers Conference instead of the European Wine Bloggers Conference (those Americans call theirs just The Wine Bloggers Conference). Or maybe there will be an Asian and an African to come. Why not? Anyway. It is coming closer (end of October). Here is more info on the Wine […]
Kir-Yianni Estate Winery
Vineyard. Winery building. Kir-Yianni Winery, Yianakohori, Naoussa, Macedonia, Greece http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Greece-Kir-Yianni/G00000GZ6SndcGTU%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Greece-Kir-Yianni – Images by Per Karlsson
Would you have a cork screw with built-in broom by any chance?
Old mouldy dusty cobweb bottles marked 1962. Bottles aging in the cellar. Torres Penedes Catalonia Spain http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Catalonia-Torres/G0000jv_fS7Awmic%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Catalonia, Torres – Images by Per Karlsson
Lining up
Grape delivery with tractors and containers. Raimat Costers del Segre Catalonia Spain http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Catalonia-Raimat-Winery/G0000HSmTSTY7I6M%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Catalonia, Raimat Winery – Images by Per Karlsson
Grab this
Grabbing a bottle… But the point is, I am testing this Photoshelter hosted service that allows me to make my wine picture archive available. And it allows you to grab the code for any of the slide shows and republish them where you like. So if, for example, you’re posting something on the Scala Dei […]
Light a candle
Candle for topping up. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Clos de l’Obac, Costers del Siurana, Gratallops, Priorato, Catalonia, Spain. http://pa.photoshelter.com/swf/Slideshow.swf?feedSRC=http%3A//pa.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/Catalonia-Clos-de-lObac-Photography/G00001XS9m9fjQwU%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200 Catalonia Clos de l’Obac Photography – Images by Per Karlsson