Tasting sized pours
Wine Blogging Wednesday takes a turn for the unusual. This time, instead of just getting a bunch of wine recommendations, you can also win a book! [basic juice]
The Bordeaux glut, under the microscope [Time]
COPIA, a Napa attraction dedicated to food and wine, strugles to avert financial collapse. [Napa Valley Register]
Brits get warnings on wine labels: wording is still undecided. Could range from “Please Drink Sensibly” to the extensive US Surgeon General-style. Will they be alerted to the presence of sulfites? [Telegraph]
Smoking banned in public places–in France! Starts February 07. Mayor Daley, take note. [WaPo]
Malcolm Gladwell writes in last week’s New Yorker about whether a computer could predict movie hits. We already have that in wine: Enologix.