Winery enters new markets
Diamond Estates’ president and CEO calls provincial funding ‘a great vote of support’
20 Bees
20 Bees wine maker has a new owner
The 20 Bees brand will live as Diamond Estates takes over the failed cooperative Niagara Vintners Inc.
Company's demise avoided at grape growers' meeting
ST. CATHARINES – It was like trying to ignore an elephant in the room. Although 20 Bees Winery and the Niagara Vintners Inc. went into receivership in February, potentially affecting about one-quarter of the acreage of wine grapes grown in Niagara, discussions of the impact of this event were noticeably absent from the chairman’s and general manager’s reports and from any other formal discussions during the Grape Growers of Ontario’s annual meeting this week.
Wine venture's failure 'an unfortunate circumstance'
An award winning Niagara region grape growing cooperative has gone into receivership. On Feb. 25, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice appointed Deloitte & Touche Inc. as interim receiver and manager of Niagara Vintners Inc., the makers of 20 Bees and 20 Ice wine products. "It's an unfortunate circumstance," said David Wiley, one of 19 grape growers involved in the venture.