When's the last time you destroyed a winery?

[fitz19d]

Just funny headline, semi crash in bailey destroyed winery. Imagine if was a pretty small operation?

http://www.9news.com/mb/news/local/crash-destroys-winery-in-bailey/317916194

[Guylee]

For some reason when I read the headline I didn't realize they were talking about a truck. Thought they were saying it was kind of a crash, but not really. Like a semi-crash.

I need to go back to bed.

[Gman]

How do you call a couple of storage sheds a "winery"?

[Great-Kazoo]

How do you call a couple of storage sheds a "winery"?

Same way 500 rounds of 22 and 3 rifles is an ARSENAL!

[izzy]

They had 25,000 bottles of wine. I'd call that a small winery.

[Gman]

I consider a "winery" where wine is made. 25,000 bottles of wine in a storage building? I would call that 25,0000 bottles of wine in storage. If the buildings had 25,000 quarts of oil in them would it make it a "refinery"?

ETA: This article and photos paint a different picture. I can see how the winery was damaged.

Denver Post: Semi-trailer hits, destroys Aspen Peak Cellars winery in Bailey (http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/13/semi-trailer-crash-aspen-peak-cellars-winery-bailey/)http://www.denverpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aspen-wine-cellars1.jpg?w=771

[Monky]

Wine sale?

[Bailey Guns]

It's actually a pretty popular place/business in the local area up there. They started in a place across US-285 from King's Valley that burned down a few years ago. They moved to Bailey. Happened to be at the site of the old Conifer Auto Body which was destroyed by another semi failing to make the curve at the bottom of the hill as well...back around 2002 or so. A few years before that a beer truck did the same thing. It's a notoriously bad location.

[brutal]

It's actually a pretty popular place/business in the local area up there. They started in a place across US-285 from King's Valley that burned down a few years ago. They moved to Bailey. Happened to be at the site of the old Conifer Auto Body which was destroyed by another semi failing to make the curve at the bottom of the hill as well...back around 2002 or so. A few years before that a beer truck did the same thing. It's a notoriously bad location.

They seem to have notoriously bad luck with the locations they pick.

I'm surprised Irving hasn't been in here to make a grow house joke yet.

[KS63]

According to their website, they import grapes and all
processes of making wine are done in-house. So, yeah. It's a Winery with bottling, storage and shipping on site. Storing wine would be a Cellar. Hope they had good insurance.

[CS1983]

well, I guess no one is drinking any f***ing Merlot....

[Gman]

If they want to drink Merlot, we're drinking Merlot.

[Hummer]

25,000 bottles is ~5000 gallons. At this date I'd guess most all was in bottles from 2015, not it tanks. The 2016 grape harvest is just beginning so they probably didn't lose any of that. But replacing stainless steel tanks, pumps, filters, bottlers, presses, crusher-destemmers and maybe barrels, etc., will take a year and won't be cheap. So they've lost two years of production, maybe more. And they're going to need to relocate regardless of whether they own the building/property. If they own it that's more loss. It would be a tough challenge to overcome for most small winery operations.