The summum of Portuguese gastronomy?
Grilled sardines. Lisbon, Portugal – Lisbon, Portugal, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Lisbon is the capital of Portugal with some 2.8 million inhabitants in greater Lisbon. The centre of the city is a relatively small area […]
In flower (Savennieres)
Flowering grape vine chenin blanc. Vine leaf. Domaine Chateau de la Roche aux Moines, Savennieres, Anjou, Loire, France – Savennieres appellation, Loire, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Savennieres (Savennières, to be entirely correct) is a small […]
Burning issues
Vineyard winter pruned with a wheel barrow from an oil barrel to burn twigs. Le Haut Lieu, Domaine Huet, vouvray, Loire, France – Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Loire, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine Huet, l’Echansonne, is […]
The white exception
Bottles aging in the cellar. Exception Blanc 2004. Domaine Pascal Jolivet, Sancerre, Loire, France – Domaine Maison Pascal Jolivet, Sancerre, Loire, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine Maison Pascal Jolivet is arelatively recent winery in the […]
Blogger vs. WordPress – a comparison of blog platforms
The recent blog redesign made me think a bit of the differences – advantages and drawbacks – of Blogger (blogspot.com) vs. WordPress. Here are a few more comments. It is important to keep in mind that I am talking about WordPress.com, i.e. the free version of WordPress, hosted by WordPress (don’t confuse this with WordPress.org, […]
The men in masks
Vineyard workers spraying disease treatment. Mont Damne. Domaine Henri Bourgeois, Chavignol, Sancerre, Loire, France – Domaine Henri Bourgeois, Sancerre, Loire, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine Henri Bourgeois is a family domain wine producer in the […]
Dagens Industri on BKWine today
Since we may have some Swedish readers of this blog I must mention a very nice thing: Today Tuesday (I’m writing this at 17 minutes past midnight) there is a big article on BKWine – half a page – in the Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri (let’s call it Sweden’s FT, they even have the […]
In love with Loire?
A few comments first: Today you get TWO photos. Great bonus day. (no taxes apply) IF YOU READ THIS AS AN RSS STREAM OR IN AN EMAIL ALERT: I suggest you at least this once go an take a look at the blog. For two reasons: The blog has a new design and I’d like […]
“You might also like…”
The continuing story of the new blog design! Some blogs I’ve seen has this nice paragraph at the end of each post “You might also like…” suggesting a few other posts that the reader might find interesting. I’ve found it to be a nice feature and one that might ‘lure’ the reader to explore even […]
Getting the bullet back
In the recent post on the new blog design I lamented that the unordered list bullet had disappeared in the side bar in the new blog design. I now have it back, albeit not quite the way I want it. Here’s what I did. Inspecting the template I find this piece of CSS code: .sidebar […]
Sauvignon blanc
Bunches of ripe grapes. Sauvignon blanc. Domaine Henry Natter, Montigny, Sancerre, Loire, France – Domaine Henry Natter, Sancerre, Loire stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine Henry Natter (no, it’s not Henri) is a family owned wine […]
A new blog design
If you’ve been here before you will notice that the blog has a new look! How do you like it? The first thing you see is perhaps that it is not black any more. I did not go “all the way” as David Sanger and make it white with black text. There are good arguments […]
About BKWine Photography
PHOTOGRAPHS ON WINE, VINEYARDS, GASTRONOMY, FOOD AND TRAVEL All photos on BKWine Photography are by me, Per Karlsson, bar a few exceptions taken by my wife (& business partner) Britt. WINE I travel in wine regions almost a third of my time and visit some 200 vineyards each year. It takes me to wineries all […]
Who says Sancerres don’t age?
Bottles aging in the cellar. Domaine de la Perriere, Sancerre, Loire, France – Domaine de la Perrière, Sancerre, Loire, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine de la Perriere is on a slope just outside the village […]
This is cabernet franc – for sure
Bunches of ripe grapes. Cabernet franc. Domaine des Roches Neuves, Saumur Champigny, Loire, France – Domaine des Roches Neuves, Saumur Champigny, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine des Roches Neuves is a small winery in Saumur […]
What grape variety is this?
Bunches of ripe grapes. Domaine des Baumard, Rochefort, Anjou, Loire, France – Domaine des Baumard, Anjou, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine des Baumard is a family winery in the small town (village?) of Rochefort sur […]
A close shave
Trimming leaves and branches off the vines. Chateau de Tracy, Pouilly sur Loire, France – Chateau de Tracy, Pouilly-sur-Loire, 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 de Tracy is a winery in the upper Loire, in Pouilly […]
Sheltering from Google Image Indexing?
There’s an interesting discussion going on on the Photoshelter forum on Google Image Search indexing of images. Some people are very upset that their images are not rapidly indexed. Some people have had some very great information to share on how to do things. It seems clear that there is work to do to make […]
New home: www.bkwinephotography.com
Well, well, well, it took some time! I now have in place the dedicated URL for the photo site that I am experimenting with for some time: www.bkwinephotography.com – for wine, vineyard, winery photography; food and gastronomy photos, as well as travel images! Please go and visit!
Keep your ear close to the ground and you find some good wines
Soil detail. Stony. Calcareous. Vines. Mas Montel, Sommieres, Languedoc, France – Mas Montel, Mas Granier, Languedoc, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Mas Montel / Mas Granier is a winery in the Languedoc region in the south […]
Before ‘veraison’
Unripe grapes. Domaine Enclos de la Croix, Languedoc, France – Domaine Enclos de la Croix, Languedoc, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine Enclos de la Croix is a wine domain in the Languedoc in the south […]
Doing some serious work here
Wine tasting. Wine glasses. Alpha Estate Winery, Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece – Alpha Estate Winery, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Alpha Estate Winery (Ktima Alpha) is located in the village Agios Panteleimon, Amyndeon, north western Greece, […]
From which well known wine region?
Caneles cakes. Bordeaux city, Aquitaine, Gironde, France – Food markets, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Food markets abounds in France and in some other southern European countries. They are a source for wonderful food produce and […]
Where is Marc? Here is Marc.
Bottles aging in the cellar. Marc de Bourgogne. Domaine Bertagna, Vougeot, Cote de Nuits, d’Or, Burgundy, France – Domaine Bertagna, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Domaine Bertagna is a wine estate located […]
Romanee-Conti
Vineyard. La Romanee Conti Grand Cru with stone cross. Vosne Romanee, Cote de Nuits, d’Or, Burgundy, France – Romanee Conti, Vosne-Romanee, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Romanee-Conti is one of the grand […]
Meursault Perrieres
Vineyard Meursault Perrieres. Meursault village, Cote de Beaune, c d’Or, Burgundy, France – Domaine Marc Jomain, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos.Domaine Marc Jomain, Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy Domaine Marc Jomain (or simply Domaine Jomain) […]
Too much wine when planning the roads?
Winding road through the vineyard with Beaune village. Bikers. Pommard, Cote de Beaune, d’Or, Burgundy, France – Pommard, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Pommard is one of the best known villages (or […]
The gate to riches
Vineyard. Domaine Bouchard Pere et Fils. “Le Montrachet” Grand Cru, Puligny Montrachet, Cote de Beaune, d’Or, Burgundy, France – Le Montrachet grand cru, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Le Montrachet is perhaps one of the most famous white wines from Burgundy, or […]
Is this why they say ‘langue de bois’ in French?
Bung hole with stopper. Oak barrel aging and fermentation cellar. Domaine Philippe Livera, Gevrey Chambertin, Cote de Nuits, d’Or, Burgundy, France [‘Langue de bois’, or wooden tongue, is a French expression for having a rather heavy head in the morning. Or perhaps they mean that you have wooden splinters in your tongue.] [UPDATE: Apparently, according […]
The grass is greener – here
Bunches of ripe grapes. Vine leaf. Pinot noir. Corton Grand Cru. Aloxe Corton, Cote de Beaune, d’Or, Burgundy, France – Corton and Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru vineyard, Burgundy, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Corton is a ‘grand […]