

Red Mountain AVA is home to several different wineries.
Courtesy Washington State Wine Commission/Andrea Johnson PhotographyA Red Mountain winery that produces wine under several labels has reportedly discontinued production.
Aquilini Family Wines informed two of the crush facilities it works with in October that it would not be processing any further grapes for its 2025 vintage, according to Northwest Wine Report. That decision came in the middle of harvest, with much of the year’s crop still on the vine.
A request for comment to Aquilini from the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business was not returned.
Aquilini Family Wines is owned by the billionaire Aquilini family, which owns the Vancouver Canucks National Hockey League team along with other business interests. The brand’s labels include Aquilini, A56, Be Human, Chasing Rain, Dixie & Bass, Già Bella, Roaming Dog and 10,000 Hours.
The Aquilinis entered the state’s wine industry in 2013 after securing hundreds of acres in the prized Red Mountain AVA at auction for $8 million. They also have vineyards across the Columbia Valley.
Washington wine grape growers and producers have faced challenges in recent years and 2025 appears to be no different. Crop quality appears average in Washington and a glut of bulk wine inventories is putting pressure on prices, making wineries pickier on the grapes they’ll accept, according to a recent report from AgWest Farm Credit.
However, Northwest Wine Report indicated Aquilini’s sudden halt of production came as a surprise. Its brands have generally been well-regarded; many bottles have scored above 90 points on the Robert Parker scale and some have taken gold medals at wine competitions, according to wine critics.
The Aquilini family is currently embroiled in legal infighting. Matteo Aquilini, a son of one of the three Aquilini brothers who co-owned the Canucks, filed a civil claim in September claiming his grandfather, patriarch Luigi Aquilini, and two uncles who co-own the hockey team have wrongfully sought to disinherit him and his siblings from a family trust and have excluded them from the family business, according to a report from CBC News.
The lawsuit alleges those actions were “retaliation” following historic allegations of sexual assault against an unnamed family member.
