Wine news October 8, 2014

In The Wall Street Journal, Napa vintner's tout harvest as dry spell leads to more flavorful grapes.

Tom Wark gives his top 5 dining lists for Napa.

"The wine world has offered up several bits of evidence on how our brains and our sensory organs, in particular our sense of taste and smell, can easily be fooled." Alder Yarrow explains.

New AVA, Eagle Peak, approved in Mendocino reports Wines and Vines.

First ever "make your own wine shop" opens in Europe reports Snooth. "Customers can either take their kit home to complete the wine-making process, or begin and end the process in-store."

The Drinks Business talks to Jancis Robinson.

In Winesearcher, the wine label debate continues "Mike Steinberger doubts that mandatory ingredient lists on wine labels would alter anything about how those wines are made."

In Decanter Oregon winemakers laud 2014 vintage.