How one French distillery is decarbonising the recycling process for wine by-products and dealcoholisation // Four Winds Vineyard makes Australia’s first ‘circular wine’ using black soldier fly larvae

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the cost of gas used to fuel the two boilers at the Arzens co-operative distillery in South-West France has trebled. “This could have proved fatal for our small distillery, with annual revenue of 3.5 million euros, had demand not remained strong”, says managing director Ophélie Choizit.

Four Winds Vineyard has released Australia’s first ‘circular wine’ in collaboration with hotelier Hyatt Regency Sydney and food waste innovator Goterra using millions of fly larvae. The initiative sees food waste from the Hyatt Regency consumed by the larvae and recycled onsite into a rich frass, or fertiliser, which nourishes the grapevines that are used to produce Four Winds Vineyard’s new ‘The Circular Vintage’ series.

David Richardson has been named SMWE’s new chief executive officer. Dan Heller has been named chief commercial officer.

The Wine Group (TWG) has acquired St. Agrestis, the company behind the rapidly growing non-alcoholic ready-to-drink (RTD) Phony Negroni, chief marketing officer Helen Kurtz tells VinePair.

Matt Taylor makes superb California pinot noirs, chardonnays, cabernet sauvignons and chenin blancs. He’s now navigating a life of winemaking beyond the vineyard that defined his style.

Liquor companies just unlocked TikTok after years of restrictions. Now they’re racing to win over your algorithm—and your wallet.

Napa County has released for review its 2026 proposed updated Water Availability Analysis (“WAA”) Public Draft that introduces an updated framework to manage groundwater resources and water use across Napa County.

Napa County supervisors heard more pleas from the wine and agricultural industries for less red tape.

Industry representatives welcome a new mandatory code of conduct that dictates how wineries treat wine grape growers, but it may be too late for some producers.

Under the leadership of Lucas Löwi as president and Sofía Pescarmona as vice-president, Wines of Argentina, is entering a new phase focused on strengthening Argentina's position as a leading premium wine-producing country in international markets.

Colruyt Group has introduced its first Belgian-made wine, Pas de Soucis, produced at its vineyard Domaine-Lez-Envies in Frasnes-lez-Anvaing.

Learn more about the ingredients that winemakers are using as sulfur alternatives.

Grupo Cuervo saw net sales decline 13.5% to $422 million at constant currency in its fiscal first quarter ended in March, as volume decreased 13.4% to 4.3 million 9-liter cases, weighed down by the company’s distributor transition in the U.S.

The wine market is no longer simply in a slowdown – it is in structural correction. Distribution routes are tightening, consumer behavior is shifting, and the assumptions many wineries relied on even two years ago no longer hold.

Under this new agreement, Hancock will distribute both Yellow Tail and Peter Lehmann Wines, including the “national rollout of the new Peter Lehmann brand look and feel, strengthening visibility for the brand at a pivotal moment”.

Brown-Forman has made additional changes to its distribution network, appointing four new partners for 11 control states in the US.

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits –the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol – today announced an expanded distribution agreement with J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines (J. Lohr), a family-owned and operated producer of exceptional wines from sustainably farmed estate vineyards in Paso Robles, Monterey County, and Napa Valley, California.

In episode 263 of the The Drinking Hour, David Kermode speaks to winemakers Steve Pannell and Renae Hirsch about what makes Mclaren Vale special

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