Booze News: May 17th – 21st

Welcome to WineChap’s weekly round up of our favorite bits of booze news collected over the past week. This week: WineChap editor is held hostage in Napa; Bordeaux is love deprived; Jay enjoys a good wine that’s not expensive; fierce blows exchanged over a Pig; death of a cat and much more.

• WineChap Editor goes AWOL in Napa. Spotted nattering with Cathy Corison and checking in at The French Laundry; New Yorkers fear Talia may be lost to the West Coast forever.

• Asimov’s diagnosis: Bordeaux heading for the ICU – illness contracted by not enough love.

• Jay goes on a quest for a decent $20 PN.

• Jancis the First RIP: tragic feline death in Possum trap. Search begins for replacement Jancis.

• Update from last week: Ravenous vineyard eating moth has now, thankfully, been found.

• English wines win gold medals at the International Wine Challenge; we are officially still looking to find someone who cares.

• Alcohol and salty opinions lead to brawl over pig’s lineage.

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