TODAY'S TOP NEWS

• Marcello Casella,charged over alleged drug syndicate involvement
• YellowTail Maker Casella Buys Peter Lehmann Wines
• Upcoming frost season means new waterrules for N. Coast farmers
• Restaurant deals to continue brisk pace into 2015
• Tasting Wine With Your Ears
• See the world of wine in 4 minutes – ProWein 2015 presents an unparalleled diversity of wines from all continents. *Sponsored Link*

• Rootstock Today At Napa Expo
• Napa Valley Film festival flick ruffles local feathers
• The Woman Behind Chumash Wines
• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Chumash Camp 4
• Sonoma State Wine Executive MBA Launches in Sonoma
• Grow Direct To Consumer Sales *Sponsored Link*

• Actionable Science in the Delta
• Tunnel opponents call on Gov. Brown to abandon doomed BDCP Delta tunnels
• Environmental Groups Fear Prop 1 Will Lead to More Dams
• Contaminated Groundwater Wells Close In South Lake Tahoe
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

• Challenges and Opportunities in China's Wine Market
• Catalan Sparklers See Surge in 2013 Exports to US, Germany, Belgium
• Argentine exports have good long-term prospects
• OIV Congress Focuses on Global Gains, Sparkling Wine Growth

• Amorim plans Helix push for 2015
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• Top 7 Signs the “PR” Holidays Are Approaching
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• Tempranillo rising in Washington
• An argument supporting the “black black” theory for the origin of Negroamaro’s name
• Minerality thoughts
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• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World's Greatest Wine *Sponsored Link*

• Icon of the wine world turns 100
• Oregon sommeliers lead a secret double-life ... as winemakers
• City boy and his vines have thrived in Mendocino’s Potter Valley
• BC: Interview with Serendipity Winery Owner Judy Kingston
• The Tastemakers: Why We're Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue *Sponsored Link*

• WA: Yakima Valley vineyard reveals greatness, history
• St Emilion's La Gaffeliere plans for future with triple estate purchase
• VA: Doctor realizes his dream with Nelson County vineyard
• VA: International group of wine writers visits Nelson wineries

• Moravian wine helps erectile dysfunction
• Wine robots and 'emoclothes': What (French) luxury will look like in 2074

• NY: FLCC's wine center to open in January
• WA: Wine Science Center receives $500,000 gift from Ravenholt Foundation
• Beyond Jefferson's Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

Ag And Wine Aren't The Only Businesses Worried About Water

Source: CDP Via The Economist

TODAY'S FEATURED WINE

Vimandres: Cabernet Sauvignon: Napa Valley - California: : 2012: United States

Lush with deep but focused and very bright fruit, nice oak and the complexity that comes from the care a winemaker can lavish when producing only a couple of hundred cases. Awesome enough to make $50 a bargain compared with the higher prices of other Napa Valley Cabs of this quality. Must have time to open.

 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.