Prowein, first day in paradise

First day at Prowein was very hectic as expected; I was aiming for the unusual wines from special countries and found some very good wines and some not as well.

I was surprised of the quality from some producers in Uruguay, great wines that can easily mach any great wines from more known European producers and I welcome them to Sweden in a few weeks.

Brazil was to me none existing even that they have a huge production in the country but I could not find anything that was good enough for me, but I did try many.

An great friend with fantastic wines from Spain is on the way here as well, 96 RP and among the 20 best wines in Spain (in the price range) watch out AALTO.

Croatia with the winemaker Bruno Trapan totally blow me away with his wines, fabulous with great storytelling is also on the way to the cold north J

Another Croatian producer and the only one specializing in sweet wine was outstanding and highly awarded in Decanter, ohh I just love the sweet wines this guy is making.

Slovenia are historically making great white wines and the group of three young guys are producing the most beautiful wines from Maribor area, I tried some older Riesling that they have and I was amazed.

The best Pinot Noirs from South Africa is always a very special treat and I tried many of the best here today a truly world class experience, Cathy Marshall I miss yours.

More to come tomorrow from a guy who loves his job.

Prowein and Yummy wines

Its time for this years big wine fair Prowein in Germany with thousands of producers and million bottles of wine to be pored for four days.

I will be focusing on new wine producing countries to see how the potential are, I’m curious of the less known places and I do believe in diversity when it comes to wine.

What do you think of Uruguay, Brazil, Moldavia, Azerbaijan, India among others and not to mention the other Russian former republics that have been making wine for centaury’s.

I don’t have any limitations when it comes to wine and I love to discover less known grapes and regions, look at Sweden for instance! Who could believe that there will be vines growing up here twenty years ago??

Or England for that matter who is giving Champagne a real battle for the money.

Before I leave tomorrow I will conduct a big tasty, juicy Toro wine tasting that I have been looking forward to for months.

I will be back.

California wines I love ya

Today was an very busy day at the office due to that I hade a meeting with the Kenneth Volk winery from California, great guy with some terrific wines that will add up the selection on the Swedish market.

After a very Danish lunch with smörebröd = open-faced sandwich we were on our way to the big California tasting that was held at Marriot in Copenhagen and arranged by California wine institute, great venue with some exiting producers that many where new to me.

After tasting and documenting 139 wines I gave up with my teeth hurting of all the acid in the wines but very happy to hopefully find some new business opportunities for the wine trade in both Denmark and Sweden.

And yes I do love my job J

JUNIOR CULINARY TEAM SWEDEN

I’m happy to announce the new website of the Junior culinary team of Sweden.

These youngsters are among the best chefs in the country and are all handpicked by team leader Peter Jälksäter to create the perfect team to challenge all nations in this years culinary Olympics that will be held in Erfurt this October.

To compete in cooking can for outsiders be strange and very difficult to understand but let me tell you that it is very exiting and electric during these days and I can recommend everybody to visit the Olympics

I will arrange a trip by bus from south of Sweden so do contact me if you want to join and check out the team web page here http://www.juniorkocklandslaget.se/

GO SWEDEN.