New York Times: If the thought of traipsing past the Rembrandts and Vermeers at the Rijksmuseum doesn’t inspire you, perhaps the lure of wine tasting will. At Amsterdam’s Art Vine, you can soak up some culture while sipping a glass of well-selected wine.

ChinaDaily.com: It's a big call, nailing the single wine of 2009 that was most impressionable amongst so many good bottles and an ever-increasing myriad of quality, relatively more approachable wines produced around the globe. However, Two Paddocks Pinot Noir 2006 from Central Otago, New Zealand, is the wine...

NationalPost.com: Brunello di Montalcino, the famed, rich red wine from Tuscany that was embroiled in an adulteration scandal for its 2003 vintage, has turned to technology to ensure a bottle's authenticity.

Things look pretty bare here, as they should as the vines are being pruned. A few weeks ago we pruned off the ends of the canes to get the majority of the 'debris' out of our way and left a foot or two for the final pruning, which is happening now. If you look closely you will see that the row on the left has been fully pruned back to 'two buds' while the ones on the right have the foot or two of cane that still has to… Continue

Edgeptown.com (via TOPIX): For the true wine geek, however, nothing beats a good cell phone wine app. Here are a few (all under $5) to consider:

Decanter.com: Asian fine wine buyers have shrugged off the downturn to spend just under HK$53m (US$6.8m) in a single day at a record-breaking Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong.