Wine news February 2, 2017

Food and Wine on the foil mohel. "That made me recall a hilarious vintage Saturday Night Live fake commercial for the 1978 Royal Deluxe II, in which a mohel performs a flawless circumcision as the car goes over potholes, proving the vehicle has perfect suspension."

The Drinks Business on how Tasmania is now Australia's top tourism wine region. "Tasmania is still a cool-climate region, of course, and its most successful varieties remain Riesling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, all blessed with natural high acidity thanks to cool nights and a wide diurnal range."

Decanter on the Oscars wine - what will the stars will be drinking. ‘I understand that the Antinori family has said that they have been making wine for 500 years – but the Coppola family has been drinking wine for 700 years, and our granddaughter Gia Coppola represents five generations in the film industry.’

Decanter on Bonny's Doon's Popelouchum project. "And as hard as it is to believe for someone with 30 years of winemaking under his belt, Popelouchum is Grahm’s only vineyard of his own, as he has sourced grapes for Bonny Doon since losing vines to disease in the 1990s."