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Bruce Cooper turns to wood-fired gourmet pizzas, small plates, and a wine bar in this bustling annex to his contemporary standby, Jakes, and it's the ideal casual concept to keep both the high-end dining room and flagging Manayunk relevant. It can be too noisy, and weekend waits are long, but a deft blend of style and quality New American cooking remind why Cooper has been one of Philly's best for decades.

Langton's Top 500 Australian Fine Wine Prices 2008 reveals the enduring prominence of Penfolds Grange, the remarkable efficacy of Langton's Classification of Australian Wine, the strength of Australian Shiraz and the ever-increasing price evolution of Australian rarities.

Twelve of the world's fastest-rising wine influencers, from across 10 different countries, will join leading Australian commentators and winemakers for the Landmark Australia Tutorial in June 2009.

A Tasmanian sauvignon blanc knocked the Kiwis off their perch to win top place in the category at the 2008 Wrest Point Royal Hobart International Wine Show, topping off an extraordinary November for Tasmanian growers.

Lunch with a $2m view is one of the highlights of a new wine touring experience in Margaret River.

A picture-less entry for Wine Blogging Wednesday (I'll add a photo later once I get a chance to snap in daylight!). Chile has, over the years, eclipsed Australia as the country to offer value-packed wines. The Wine Blogging Wednesday theme being value reds from Chile indicates that perhaps the Americans have yet to notice what stonking value-packed, drinkable, wines Chile is now producing. The Mont Gras normally retails at near the £7 mark (expensive for some, average price for others) but at the Waitrose offer price of a smidge over a fiver, excellent value. (What are sales like though at full-price with Carmenere on the label?). Review0.3Wine Tasting Note: MontGras Carmenere Reserva, 2008, Colchagua Valley, Chile.Stockist: Waitrose Price: £5.39 [More on Adegga / Snooth]Forceful aroma - brambly, spicey, leathery. Full-flavoured and full-bodied on the palate. Plenty of flavour dominated by briary blackberries and a healthy smear of tannin to remind you this is Carmenere.

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is to make red wine in the Corton appellation for the first time.

Wine lists deserve a reverse psychology approach so bottom dwellers can have something to look forward to, not that they can't afford the luxury wines at the top of the list.

Bob Johnson, owner of Colibri Vineyard and Winery in Portal, and his son are pouring free tastes at the Tucson Farmers Market