• “Orange” wines, a subset of white wines with a rusty tint particularly popular in the Friuli region in Italy, are becoming a thing, especially with sommeliers. [Daily Mail UK]
• Remember that payola scandal we mentioned last week involving Wine Advocate critic Jay Miller? It kind of blew up this week, with Miller resigning for reasons he says are totally unrelated to the allegations. Now the guy who booked Miller’s engagements is defending the payments to Miller as being for “seminars” at wineries, and nothing more. [Baltimore Sun]
• The Napa Valley is breathing a huge sigh of relief: It’s being reported that the invasive European grapevine moth, first spotted in California in 2009 and responsible for a wave of pesticide panic in 2010, has been nearly eradicated statewide. [Wines and Vines]
• Wine Enthusiast released their “Top 100” this week. Get ‘em while you can. [Wine Enthusiast]
• The Journal brings us their holiday wine suggestions, which they say include bottles that “lend a sense of occasion, no matter the price.” Plus, all the prices are in euros or British pounds, because the Journal is fancy like that. [WSJ]
