Last week, New York magazine called self-serve wine tanks brilliant and highbrow. Tags: New York City tasting sized pours SIPPED: wine on tap. This week, their restaurant critics round-up the bourgeoning offerings of wine on tap. Fun as taps can be, let’s hope the cost savings are passed on to diners! NY mag ]. Ribbit! MORE >>

Further, “The wines will be reviewed in our standard blind-tastings in the company’s New York office.&# Given that Molesworth does not rate barrel samples, is the the end of the magazine’s participation in en primeurs, the system of selling Bordeaux wines two years before the arrive? SPIT: en primeur scores? Avalon wine ]. MORE >>

Wine & Spirits magazine assembled a group of leading sommeliers, tasted the wines and Rod Smith wrote a story about it. couple of weeks ago, the magazine assembled another group with David Hirsch to taste some of his 2007s–as well as some of the same 1997s tasted a decade ago. MORE >>

The cover of a recent Wine Spectator misspelled Christian Moueix, “Bordeaux’s quiet leader” and a winner of the magazine’s Distinguished Service Award. tasting sized poursSPIT: carbon footprint. cardboard wine bottle, similar in material to a milk carton, may soon be found in British supermarkets. Daily Mail ]. MORE >>

magazine also suggest price wars may be imminent. Tags: Bling Chicago tasting sized pours SPIT: Bling champagne. An unnamed source cites declines of 50-85% in champagne sales with pricey stuff hit hardest. The story by Alice Feiring in this weekend’s WSJ. SPIT: reporting on Champagne. SIPPED: changes in Chicago. MORE >>