Hello and welcome to my weekly roundup of the wine stories that I find of interest on the web. I post them to my magazine on Flipboard, but for those of you who aren’t Flipboard-inclined, here’s everything I’ve strained out of the wine-related muck for the week.

Vulcan of Visp, an Appreciation
Hike for it.

Facing Difficulties, 6 Small California Wine Businesses Band Together
The next rising wine empire.

Too late to save Sauternes?
Jancis goes for the gold.

Facing Difficulties, 6 Small California Wine Businesses Band Together
Collective!? This isn’t one of them socialist wine things is it?

Can alcohol labels be trusted?
Trusted to be approximate.

Napa County officials push back on grand jury findings on winery permits
Heaven forbid they be held accountable. And that structural inefficiency, high turnover, and nepotism? Just fake news.

Cream of Yeast: The key to bottling microbial terroir?
Fine if you have access to a lab and can afford it. Most can’t.

Uncorking Potential
Report from the Women in Wine Conference.

This Country Is Home to Several Emerging Wine Regions—and It Might Surprise You
A primer on Chinese wine country.

Wine Talk: Adam Sabelli-Frisch is Spotlighting California’s Wine Heritage
A man on a Mission.

Pursehouse: Cool climate is the future of wine
Keynote from the i4C Symposium.

The Cult Napa Cab Market Is Softening
A somewhat surprising headline from the Robb Report.

The Science of Blending Wine
One plus one equals three. Or at least two-point-five.