• Napa breathes a sigh of relief as a sheep massacre on Mount Veeder Road is determined to be the work of mountain lions, not humans. “We’re all relieved. It’s nature’s cycle,” says the vineyard owner who was keeping the sheep. [CBS, AP]
• Acclaimed British wine writer Hugh Johnson discusses the five greatest glasses of wine he’s tasted, including a nineteenth-century Tokaji from Hungary: “The year was 1970, the wine was as deep amber as this tea … ” [Scene Asia/WSJ]
• Following on Whole Foods and their testing of in-store wine bars, Starbucks is also toying with a beer and wine concept to boost evening sales. [Brand Channel]
• There are vineyards, some of them extremely old, on remote islands in the Mediterranean and off the Canadian coasts. [Wine Enthusiast]
• The Times gave some ink to the Koshu grape last fall, and now The Wall Street Journal does the same for the native Japanese varietal, calling it “a pleasant surprise.” But you still can’t find the stuff anywhere here. [On Wine/WSJ]
• Does the U.S. even have a wine culture? In San Francisco, there’s a show at the SFMoMA exploring that subject called “How Wine Became Modern,” which closes April 17. [HuffPo]
• A new marketing push intends to bring more Romanian wine to the U.S. [Wine Business]
