Idaho’s Colter’s Creek Winery destroyed by fire // Bordeaux vineyard ‘grubbing up’ scheme hampered by weather

Colter’s Creek Winery, located in Julietta, Idaho, was destroyed by fire July 25th. The entire inventory of the winery was also consumed by the blaze.

Bad weather has hampered the grubbing up scheme, but officials said more than 3,000 hectares have been uprooted – with final numbers still to come.

The Interagency Coordinating Committee on Preventing Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) is seeking public comment on the methodology and protocols proposed for its research which will inform the 2025 Dietary Guidelines.

Vintners may not be able to change the climate, but they’re attempting to control microclimate through innovative new vine orientation and training approaches.

US-based Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits has set out plans to acquire US distributor Horizon Beverage Group.

Now they’re fighting back.

The Santa Rosa-anchored producer of over 30 brands warned state employment officials it could cut as many as 377 employees, mostly in Mendocino, Sonoma and Napa counties.

The company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, as an affiliate of Vintage Wine Estates, the California company that filed for bankruptcy on the same day.

The planned mass layoffs will affect nearly 400 workers across four California counties this fall.

The Australian wine industry is periodically considered to be in crisis, and now once again.

The response to downturns in wine grape demand is rippling across the economy, impacting growers and some of the country’s largest producers in myriad ways. 

CEO of The Fladgate Partnership has his say on a so-called “social catastrophe” for winegrowers in the Douro region.

Lark Distilling Co. has entered a strategic partnership with the Randall Wine Group’s Seppeltsfield Wines.

The US subsidiary of Spain-based wine giant González Byass has added Carolina Wine Brands, which includes producers from South America and Europe, to its portfolio.

Private members’ club 67 Pall Mall has announced the appointment of Kathrine Larsen-Robert MS to the role of head of wine for Europe as it continues to expand its popular model at home and abroad.

I first met Dan Petroski about ten years ago when his wines arrived in our market here in Charleston, South Carolina. This was after selling my own restaurant and in the midst of diving headfirst into wine for me.

Metis hires new marketing director and Breakthru Beverage announces key hire.

As we move into the full swing of summer, water managers are paying close attention to the remaining snowpack in the Sierra Nevada.

A changing climate has given Champagne similar conditions to those of southern France 40 years ago.