The Chilean wine industry attempted a concerted move upmarket a few years ago. SPIT: California bargains. Mike Steinberger contemplates the puzzle of why so few “superstar&# winemakers in California make wines under $20. Unruly winery visitors in the Finger Lakes will get yellow and red cards. SPIT: a move upmarket. MORE >>

An academic paper presents findings that may not lead to more eco-labeling: Certifying a winery as organic or Biodynamic will raise the price of wine 13 percent but putting that on the label will see the price fall by 20 percent. “ Eco-labeling Strategies and Price-Premium: The Wine Industry Puzzle.&# Delmas, M. and Grant, L. MORE >>

Wineries that advertise in Wine Spectator have their wines score better–but only by less than one point. Francis Ford Coppola’s winery produced a wine dubbed “encyclopedia&# in a carafe-shaped bottle. The New Zealand wine industry faces challenges, as bulk exports rise and prices fall. SIPPED: number crunching. MORE >>

Pierre was California bulk red wine, bottled at a factory in Beijing. And apparently for decades, Chinese wine was made in “enormous, state-run industrial wineries [that] blended grapes with chemicals and coloring.&# Donald St. Here’s a taste of the early days: When the St. The family was Canadian by birth, but St. MORE >>

The goal is to send samples more easily from wineries to consumers. Chile’s wine industry is digging from the massive earthquake. They state that the industry’s exports “will return to normal within a very short period of time and without major difficulties.&#. SPIT: volume (how vial!). Ziploc, anyone? MORE >>