According to Eric Asimov in a recent NYT article some aging Napa cabs dating back to the sixties are drinking just fine.  Read about a wish-I-coulda-been-there vertical tasting he did from a winery that may surprise you.

Climate change…what climate change?  USA Today reports on a controversial study that predicts global warming could shrink California winegrowing regions and expand others…like England and Puget Sound in Seattle(!)

Wine lovers irked by the stratospheric price hikes for the top ’09 and ’10 Bordeaux may feel the chateaus may finally get their comeuppance.  For the first time in a very long time several lots of super pedigree Bordeaux failed to sell at a recent Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong.  Is it a “healthy stabilization” as the auction house claims or a preview of things to come?

Reaching back into the archives:  Mike Steinberger is one of our favorite wine bloggers (Wine Diarist.com) and in this June article he wrote for Slate.com Mike reports on “…fraud accusations that have upended the fine wine world.”