What happens now that most Vintage Wine Estates assets have sold // Columbia Valley Wine Lab opens in Prosser

A return of B.R. Cohn music festivals. Leaning into “dog wine” marketing. These are some of the stated goals of buyers of wineries and brands purchased out of the California Wine Country-anchored company’s $400 million bankruptcy.

The company is located in the Horse Heaven Hills Wine Company building that was previously the 14 Hands production facility.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, and “tear down the walls to climate finance” in response to the “masterclass in climate destruction” that the world has witnessed in 2024.

Farrah Berrou writes about the delicate balance between loss and hope in southern Lebanon’s wine country.

Greg La Follette, final act is Marchelle Wines, which began with bottles of French Colombard he made for three-Michelin-starred SingleThread.

Wine consumption, per person, varies throughout the USA, both in space and time.

Jason Lede, general manager at Cliff Lede Vineyards, has been elected to the board of the Napa Valley Vintners.

Vagabond Wines has appointed Christobell Giles as its new MD, signalling a new era for the wine.

Some producers in Alsace are being priced out of the maket by neighbors looking for a bargain.

Croatia's wine producers recorded a consolidated net profit of almost 6.0 million euro ($6.4 million) in 2023, compared with a consolidated net profit of 2.5 million euro in 2022.

Californian brand Barefoot has partnered with Simone Biles to offer NFL fans "the ultimate VIP game day experience". 

David Duncan, CEO of Silver Oak Cellars believes in creative partnerships, including a Jackson Weiderhoff designed dress, dyed in Silver Oak Wine, shown at NY Fashion Week.

...Of a non-wine drinker in the white house.

Jamie Goode takes a break from writing wine reviews to think about writing restaurant reviews, and he rightly claims it is a very difficult job.

Sharing a tale of two businesses that currently face a broken Missouri liquor regulatory system.

In what is a great deal of finality to the ongoing conflict between the creation of the DO Viñedos de Álava/Arabako Mahastiak and DOC Rioja, a high court in Basque Country has ruled that the new denomination of origin is without merit and, as of 5 November, inapplicable.

Czech wine, cartoons and Kiwi-flavoured vodka all contributed to the buzz at this year's HKTDC Wine & Spirits Fair in Hong Kong last week.

The global spirits sector is expected to grow faster in volume and value than all other beverage categories over the next five years.

Riesling is a grape variety which is held in very high regard by a relatively small group of devotees, but not that popular with the majority of drinkers.

Wildfires have been escalating in frequency and intensity for decades.

Marilisa Allegrini has been so strongly associated with Amarone della Valpolicella, the iconic red wine from Veneto, that her nickname is Lady Amarone.

Area wineries are releasing more sparkling wine these days. Jerry Forest at Buckingham Valley Vineyards & Winery remembers they began making it at a time when hardly anyone was producing it.