• Francis Ford Coppola’s winery is suing a a producer of bottles and cork in Napa for allegedly ruining 55,000 cases of specially produced wine. [St. Helena Star]
• Whole Foods has announced a recall of organic hazelnuts at stores in California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington from salmonella contamination fears. [MSNBC]
• Yao Ming is starring in Chinese PSAs encouraging people to stop eating shark fin soup because of cruelty issues. [AP]
• U.S. researchers have found scientific evidence that proves whiskey drinking leaves a worse hangover than vodka. [BBC]
• Food advertising is increasingly focusing on the notion of “real” food. [AdAge]
• Restaurant owners in Corona are complaining about problems within Riverside County’s inspection process. [Press Enterprise]
• Bottled water sales are dropping as consumers struggle to break the habit. [MSNBC]