Wine news September 18, 2014

Wine Folly has a wine aroma wheel with over 1,000 flavors.

Palate Press looks at the great quake of 1906 and its impact on the wine industry.

Snooth examines common wine questions.

Advertising icon Sir John Hegarty provides a critique of the wine industry reports The Drinks Business. “The trouble with our industry is that to the average consumer it’s a complete mystery.”

Trying to compete with pot growers paying a higher wage, Mendocino winemakers turn to hiring inmates to help with harvest reports The Drinks Business.

Decanter reports that former Cru restaurant owner's wines go for $6.6M at auction.

Science Daily reports that researchers have developed a nanosensor that can mimic what happens in your mouth when you drink wine, measuring how you experience the sensation of dryness in the wine.