cardboard wine bottle, similar in material to a milk carton, may soon be found in British supermarkets. Proava.org reported last month that Jay Miller would lead a “master class” of Valencia wines in the region this month. fun slide show (from July): A Wine Tour of Collio, by Vespa [ NYT ]. tasting sized pours MORE >>

Another quickie… Just about every time I do a wine tasting I’m told by at least one person that they are “allergic to red wine & must be allergic to sulfites. Well, I’m no expert, but I did just read one of the best responses to such an inquiry (on Wine Spectator online). Here it [.]. MORE >>

SAQ, the state-owned wine entity that has a monopoly on wine retail in Quebec, paid wine critic James Suckling $24,000 last year. The documents reveal that the SAQ paid Suckling $18,000 directly and bought 119 subscriptions totaling $5,950 to his website, which offers wine reviews to members only. wine writing MORE >>

The story of Rudy Kurniawan’s arrest on charges of selling counterfeit wine has been all over the news since the FBI arrested him on Thursday. at the Wine Hotel, an LA wine retail and storage facility. wine collectingThe compliant states that Kurniawan had been living illegally in the US since 2003. MORE >>

Jancis Robinson floated a novel idea on her website last week: what if critics, who descend on Bordeaux shortly to taste 2010 barrel samples, withheld their scores until the Bordeaux trade had finished their pre-sale campaign (known as en primeur )? Bordeaux wine writing MORE >>