Napa Valley’s Chateau Boswell winery destroyed by Glass Fire

A wildfire in northern California’s Napa Valley wine country that burned down the Chateau Boswell has more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres and thousands of residents awoke to mandatory evacuation orders on Monday. The blaze, since named the Glass Fire, ignited on Sunday 3.50am near Calistoga about 60 miles north of San … Read more

Napa Valley Chateau Boswell winery is pictured after being destroyed by the Glass Fire in California

A wildfire in northern California’s Napa Valley wine country that burned down the Chateau Boswell has more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres and thousands of residents awoke to mandatory evacuation orders on Monday. The blaze, since named the Glass Fire, ignited on Sunday 3.50am near Calistoga about 60 miles north of San … Read more

Famed Napa Valley winery is destroyed by the Glass Fire as 2,000 are ordered to evacuate

Two thousand people in California’s Napa Valley wine growing area have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and another 3,000 have been told to prepare to, amid rapidly-spreading wildfires which have destroyed at least one winery. Chateau Boswell, a 40-year-old family-run winery near St Helena, was on fire on Sunday night, as firefighters desperately tried … Read more

Just a tipple! Moment giant vat of red wine BURSTS with 10,000 GALLONS of booze at Spanish winery 

Red wine tsunami! The moment a 50,000-litre tanks bursts at a winery in Spain and unleashes a flood of red wine A 50,000-litre wine tank at a winery in Spain spilled its contents onto the floor  A jet of wine erupted from the tank at the Bodegas Vitivinos winery in Villamalea It is believed that a … Read more

Coronavirus: 71 test positive after Ohio winery event

Seventy-one people have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an event at a winery in northwestern Ohio as experts raise alarm about such gatherings fueling the rampant spread of the virus in rural Midwestern communities.   Kati Finn and six of her girlfriends were among the people who are believed to have contracted the virus at … Read more

French Champagne house to build huge winery that produces 400,000 bottles of bubbly a year in Kent

A famous French Champagne house has given the UK a boozy boost after it received the green light to build a huge winery in the UK, which will produce 400,000 bottles of bubbly a year. Champagne Taittinger has been given the go ahead by Ashford Borough Council to construct the state-of-the-art facility in Chilham, Kent. … Read more