So you've gambled nervously online, hunched over your laptop in your bathrobe as you attempt to slake your vice... now you can do the same with fine wines this week.

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Gentleman critic Michael Broadbent, who specializes in old and rare wines, has sued the publishers of a book about fraudster Hardy Rodenstock. Seemed like a bad idea, but he won.

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Slate.com's Mike Steinberger celebrates France's national holiday with a discussion of the concept of terroir and the assertion that "...when it comes to quality and variety, France still rules."

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Gary Vaynerchuk is a New Jersey-based wine merchant turned critic with an online "tv show". He's become a big star on the American wine scene and this week he gets all Canadian with talk of hockey and icewine and two brothers from New Brunswick.

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A new service launching in July promises to take the secondary wine market in a whole new direction - with a virtual wine warehouse and online trading.

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Easily the most successful of the celebrity wine producers, Francis Ford Coppola may be based in Napa now, but he still knows his way around Hollywood.

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The venerable wine critic surely wishes he were comparing French and American wines, but Robert Parker has been ordered to stand trial in Paris in July...

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It's getting worse and South Australia's feeling it. The city of Adelaide's water supply is under threat. But "we're surprised how well some vines survive using less water," says a winery owner.

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