Per KARLSSON

Per Karlsson is co-founder of BKWine together with his wife Britt. They are wine journalists, authors and wine tour operators.

Per is editor and publisher of BKWine Magazine, an online wine magazine and the newsletter the BKWine Brief. The couple started Sweden’s first wine website in 1996 and now operate bkwine.com, probably Sweden’s biggest wine website, also available in English and read in more than 100 countries. Per is co-owner of BKWine Tours, one of the world’s leading wine tour operators that has been named “World’s Top Wine Tours” as well as “World’s Best Wine Guide” organising wine tours in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile as well as several other countries. He is, together with Britt, contributor to Forbes.com in the US where they cover the global wine scene based on their extensive travel to wine regions. They have written thirteen books on wine that have won several literary awards from e.g. the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) and Gourmand International. They are frequently called on to be judges in international wine competitions and have as such participated in competition juries on four continents. They are editors for all subjects on wine for the National Encyclopaedia in Sweden.