TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• OIV 2014 Harvest: France regains #1 Wine Spot, Calif #4 & Down 4%
• Feds OK Chumash Santa Ynez Expansion
• California cracks down on wage theft by employers
• WA: Eric Dunham of Dunham Cellars Dies
• Tesco withholds £2m pay-out to former bosses
• Australian wineries wary of China's allure
• Why Calif's Drought-Stressed Fruit May Be Better For You
• Federal grand jury reviewing PA Liquor Control Board violations
• EPA Proposes to Remove 72 Chemicals from Approved Pesticide Inert Ingredient List
• Early Bird Pricing Ending Soon – Enter Your Brands in 2015 BTN USA Guide Now! *Sponsored Link*

• Weather Plays Havoc With World Wine Order
• Severe hail storms damage vineyards across W Australia
• Italy: Bubbles Amid the Storm
• Demand for premium Australian wine slowly picking up in export markets
• PA: Celebrating a big harvest
• Take control of your wine costing and set your prices with confidence *Sponsored Link*

• Napa: Public sessions planned for controversial Walt Ranch vineyard proposal
• Parched Central Valley Town Drying Up, Blowing Away
• Celebrating John Shafer's lifetime of giving
• Kick start your DTC wine sales business with the DTC Consultant Network *Sponsored Link*

• Can sex industry proceeds land a California water district seat?
• 199 drought maps reveal just how thirsty California has become
• What Will Winter Hold for Drought-Plagued California?
• California's Drought Survival Strategy
• Environmental groups say water proposition is no panacea
• Citizens voice opposition to water transfers
• Releases from New Melones accelerate as drought continues
• Calif: County wants long-term drought fixes
• San Gabriel Valley water agency declares supply emergency
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

• High alcohol and diminishing wine styles
• Rip-Offs & Fakery in Bottle Service
• Barolo And The Game Of Come-Hither
• Pontet Canet or Francois Hollande?
• Why older men prefer higher alcohol wines and younger women
• Israel: Looking for King David's Favorite Wine Grape
• Chris Blandy: big changes afoot in Madeira
• Tasting Wine From PD-Resistant Grapes
• Riesling: A white wine's comeback
• From Napa to Idaho: Coiled Wines’ twisted tale
• Obscure Greek Wine Grapes
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

• Foodies Duped Into Thinking McDonald's Was High-End Food

• Will the check-in survive? Foursquare’s controversial relaunch
• Yelp & CellarPass Partner On Online Tasting Room & Reservations
• Millennials' Social Shares Don't Stop with the Post
• 5 Rules for Using Push Technology to Your Advantage
• Why Twitter launched Fabric
• A nation that twitters together fritters together
• Launching New Wine Brand Without A Winery? *Sponsored Link*

• Why Apple Pay is more safe and secure than using your credit card
• Millennials Go For Advanced Payment Options
• Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True? *Sponsored Link*

• A look a wine industry growth in Georgia anc the Deep South
• CT: Cops tracking down thief of high-end champagne
• D.C. region’s pioneering vintners have wine varieties that might surprise you
• Beyond Jefferson's Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

Source: J Walter Thompson, "The Future of Payments & Currency"

TODAY'S FEATURED WINE

Damilano : Barolo/Nebbiolo: Piedmont: : 2010: Italy

This is a lighter style of Barolo, but still packed with floral and red berry flavors matched by subtle tannins and allusions of oak.

This Barolo was good, but the new restaurant down on the waterfront - Toma -- was superb (and so was the company: son William and his girlfriend, Marley)!

I might or might not buy this wine again at this price, but I would definitely go back to Toma. About $25 retail.

 REVIEW POLICY:

For winery tasting samples, gifts from friends or family or samplings at a party or event, review it truthfully, but only if I like it. If I have paid my own very-hard-earned money on a bottle, the gloves are off and it gets what it deserves ... whether perfect or puerile.