Night-fall; time for a glass?
Winery building. Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France – Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, Pessac-Leognan, Graves stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Château Smith Haut Lafitte is one of the so-called classed growth wineries in […]
Basking, not tasting
Group of visitors. Chateau La Louviere, Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France – Chateau La Louviere, Pessac-Leognan, Graves stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau La Louviere is located in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, in the Graves wine region, […]
A very odd contraption for red wine fermentation
Fermentation in barrel. Specially designed equipment to put grapes in the barrel. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Girolate winery. Despagne Vineyards and Chateaux, Bordeaux, France – Despagne Vineyards & Chateaux stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. The Despagne winemaking family is established in […]
Hot or cold?
Thermometer in the winery. Chateau Lapeyronie, Cotes de Castillon, Bordeaux, France – Chateau Lepeyronie Côtes de Castillon stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau Lapeyronie is in the sub-appellation of Cotes de Castillon in the Bordeaux wine region. It is a smallish area with […]
Breathing space
Pumping over. Chateau Reignac, Bordeaux, France – Chateau de Reignac winery,Bordeaux, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. The Chateau de Reignac wine estate is located in what is often called the Entre-deux-Mers region, in the Libournais in […]
The joys and dangers of photos on Flickr – stolen photos
Flickr is certainly an important player in the world of both amateur and professional photography today. For a photographer it can be a great tool to show his photos, although I have not really started using it for that yet. Have so far only done some experiments. On the other hand it can also be […]
Size matters. How to increase the size (Or: a short overview of a digital photography workflow)
Now that’s a heading that verges on the silly, isn’t it? I had a question today on “how do you uprez your files”. Here’s a little info. A little more than asked for perhaps. Size is important when it comes to photography. The images have to be of sufficient size to be published. A frequent […]
Published in Sweden’s biggest wine magazine
This photo (together with a few others of mine) is published in the latest issue of Sweden’s biggest wine magazine, Bolaget, with over half a million copies in print. It’s available for free in all the Systembolaget monopoly wine shops. Estelle Roumage, winemaker, of the owning family. Chateau Lestrille, Bordeaux, France – And she makes […]
It is very nice when somebody notices what you do! (Or: the value of doing PR)
I was very surprised to see my own photo in a blog post on the Photoshelter blog! I saw it in my RSS reader and thought “isn’t that my picture? How can that be?” To my even bigger surprise it turned out that they had chosen to feature my photos and videos in their “Friday […]
Machine harvested grapes
Harvested grapes. Grape reception at the winery. Chateau de Haux, Bordeaux, France – Chateau de Haux winery,Bordeaux, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. The Chateau de Haux estate is located in what is often called the Entre-deux-Mers […]
Juicy and just a bit wrinkled
Bunches of ripe grapes. Cabernet Franc. Chateau Belle-Garde, Bordeaux, France – Chateau Belle-Garde winery,Bordeaux, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. The Chateau Belle-Garde estate is located in what is often called the Entre-deux-Mers region, in the Libournais […]
Can you see the cork fruits hanging from the trees?
Cork oak tree forest. Quinta do Carmo, Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal – Quinta do Carmo winery, Alentejo, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. The Quinta do Carmo winery is located in the Alentejo wine region, east of Lisbon. […]
Woodpecker heaven?
Fermentation tanks. J Portugal Ramos Vinhos, Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal – J Portugal Ramos winery, Alentejo, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. J Portugal Ramos has become perhaps THE poster boy of Alentejo wineries. He evidently has a […]
Let’s trink to that
Bunches of ripe grapes. Trincadeira vines. Herdade das Servas, Estremoz, Alentejo, Portugal – Herdade das Servas winery, Alentejo, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Herdade das Servas winery is in the Alentejo wine region in Portugal. It […]
Tank with stomper
Fermentation tanks. Mechanical pigeur, for pushing down the cap, pigeage. Henrque HM Uva, Herdade da Mingorra, Alentejo, Portugal – Herdade da Mingorra (HM UVA) Winery stock photography samples THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Herdade da Mingorra (also called H.M. Uva, after the founder […]
This is a tree
Dry, barren fields with oak trees. Herdade da Malhadinha Nova, Alentejo, Portugal [I quite like this picture even though it has nothing to do with wine. But in a way it does have a little bit to do with wine: It is standing on the grounds of a producer of excellent Alentejano wines. But since […]
Nice view and well ventilated abode
Roman Diana temple with columns. Evora, Alentejo, Portugal [Evora is one of the historic towns in the Alentejo wine region.] – 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 town, it’s […]
The future (futures?) is clear?
Place de la Bourse. The new fountain Miroir d’Eau, Water Mirror, making reflections. People playing in the mist fog. Bordeaux city, Aquitaine, Gironde, France The Bordeaux “Primeurs” Circus Part 1 has just ended. There is no doubt that the recent vintage was excellent. The big question mark, though, is The Primeurs Circus Part 2: what […]
DIY vineyard
Young vines for sale. Wine shop. The town. Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France – A mix of photographs on wine, vineyards, food, gastronomy, travel and other things. All images © copyright Per Karlsson, BKWine. Images may not be used without our permission. http://www.photoshelter.com/swf/CSlideShow.swf?sv=20090929&feedSRC=http%3A//www.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/7-More-stock-photo-samples/G0000Ptf5MaXpe0c%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200&target=_self&f_l=t&f_fscr=t&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 7. More stock photo samples – Images by Per Karlsson
Jamie Goode on wine photography
“I really enjoy photography. It’s been a hobby ever since as a teenager my dad bought me a Ricoh rangefinder compact, and let me work with him in his improvised dark room.” That’s what Jamie Goode, the well known British wine writer, also known as the Wine Anorak says in a recent blog post. Go […]
New BKWine TV Video: Ntsiki Biyela
Our latest wine video is an interview with South Africa’s first black woman winemaker. See it on our Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/bkwine in our video section on BKWine Magazine
Pray for better wine
The Tsantalis sponsored monastery. Vineyard. Mount Athos. Tsantali Vineyards & Winery, Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. Metoxi Chromitsa of St Panteleimon monastery. — Not all wineries have spectacular buildings but many do. Or beautiful locations. Here’s a selection of some interesting architectural constructions around the vineyards. Not all are winery buildings or chateaux. There are also towers […]
Waiting for you
Table by the window. Restaurant La Cote des Monts Damnes. Chavignol, Sancerre, Loire, France — A selection of photographs on gastronomy, food restaurants and related subjects. An overview to give you an impression of the pictures in the BKWine / Per Karlsson photo collection. http://www.photoshelter.com/swf/CSlideShow.swf?sv=20090929&feedSRC=http%3A//www.photoshelter.com/c/bkwinephotography/gallery/5-Gastronomy-Photography/G0000tYsvzWPdMjU%3Ffeed%3Drss%26ppg%3D200&target=_self&f_l=t&f_fscr=t&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 5. Gastronomy Photography – Images by Per Karlsson
How to turn a humble cellar into a Roman temple
Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Chateau Nenin, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
The ripper
Soon time for this. Removing unwanted branches and leaves, epamprage, efeuillage. Domaine Chateau de la Roche aux Moines, Savennieres, Anjou, Loire, France
Cataloguing, listing, describing – a DAM thing to do
This post is mostly for the photographers who happen to read this blog. Having a large number of photos makes it imperative to have some way of managing them. I have close to 100,000 raw images and currently about 30,000 “developed” (processed) photos. It’s more than what I can keep in my head. For quite […]
Bubbling
Fermentation in barrel. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Chateau Reignac, Bordeaux, France – Oak barrels and cooperage, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Oak barrels play an important part in the life of many wines. It […]
Move it, move it
Hand selecting the bad grapes at a sorting table. Chateau Kirwan, Margaux, Medoc, Bordeaux, France – Winery: grape sorting and selection stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Grape sorting is a technique to improve the quality of […]
Disgusted to put it in your mouth?
Noble rot grapes. Semillon. Chateau Nairac, Barsac, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France – Noble rot or botrytis cinerea, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Noble rot is what makes some sweet wines what they are. Noble rot, or botrytis […]
Ripped off?
Stems left on the vine after mechanical harvest. Chateau des Vigiers, Monestier, Bergerac, France – Vineyard: mechanical wine harvest stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. A winegrower can either harvest manually with people in the vineyard, or do mechanical harvest with a machine. Mechanical […]