Vintage Wine Estates files for bankruptcy // Sicily winemakers brace as Mount Etna erupts

US wine group Vintage Wine Estates has filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11 and is to voluntarily delist its common stock.

The island's volcano erupted yesterday after seeing "intense activity" over the last few days. Here’s what this signifies for the region's wine industry.

The AOC Alsace Grand Cru appellation has been extended to include a third terroir. 

The ability to irrigate has long been seen as an advantage in American winemaking, but the philosophy might need to adapt in the face of climate change. Layne Randolph digs deep into the question about soil, roots, rainfall and wine quality.

IWSR analyses the drivers behind the long-term volume declines of the global wine market.

Persistent heat continues to plague California as a stubborn high-pressure system strengthens across the Southwest.

In France, this year's battle against mildew has ramped up a notch.

Severe April frost in German vineyards is expected to mean claims payments in the 'double-digit' million range, says insurance group Allianz Agrar.

Viticulture in South-Eastern Australia needs to change if the region is to put an end to its current oversupply, believes former CEO of Accolade Wines, Paul Schaafsma.

The Champagne category has slipped in the U.S. the past two years, but after stabilizing in the first half of 2024, there could be renewed growth on the horizon.

The former Head of Wine at Sotheby’s has been present at every pivotal fine wine moment of the past 30 years. And now he’s switched course again.

The industry’s leading drinks charity has announced the arrival of five new members to its board of trustees, including names from The Glenturret and Treasury Wine Estates.

Assessing today's Lebanese wine narrative once again.

I think of winemaking as a form of translation. Product A (grapes) is transformed into Product B (wine). Very simple, really.

A group of tech billionaires and millionaires has pulled its ballot measure that aimed to build a utopian city in Solano County. Instead, the group will go back to the drawing board the old-fashioned way by submitting an application to the county.

The home of late winemaker Chris Bilbro, who founded Marietta Cellars in 1978, offers 360-degree views of Alexander Valley vineyards.

A fiery car crash in Napa that ignited a brush fire left the city’s only distillery significantly damaged, the business owners said Tuesday.

The Biden-Harris administration today announced it is taking additional steps to safeguard western communities in the face of increasingly dangerous and intense wildland fires by building advanced wildfire detection capabilities using satellite technology.