Linkin’ logs: 1-11-18

News, sports, murder most foul and more from the World Wine Web:

• I turn to my friends decidedly more often than to famous folks for my wine tips, but I gotta admit that LeBron James makes some sense here.

• I loves me a scandal, and CBS has now homed in on one in Napa.

• Old-vine zin, even with more than century-old vines, has nothing on this.

• Pretty sure I will never put a hard-to-open bottle of bubbles between my legs after reading this.

• I’ve been on a mindfulness kick, and I obviously like to drink, so mindful drinking would seem to be tailor-made for moi. Or not.

• Finally, a sound approach to enjoying fermented grape juice: