Wine news July 1, 2014

The L.A. Times on Coffee Wine.

California wines face shipping disruption due to contract dispute, reports Harpers.co.uk.

W. Blake Gray on a Robert Parker Jr. swipe at hipster sommeliers.

In Palate Press explosions and sponges in old Champagne, turning 35,000 daily - one in ten bursting.

In Bloomberg, billionaire South African family sells wine to China's new rich.

Simply Red's Mick Hucknall puts Sicilian vineyard on the market for €650,000, reports The Drinks Business.

A new business accelerator launches in Bordeaux to help develop innovation in wine technology, reports Winesearcher.

CNN inspects Putin's wine cellar in Moldova.

ABC Australia on how climate change will impact the taste of wine.