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 […]

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 […]

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