Bibere Australian Beverages trading as Fox Creek Wines - Voluntary Administration

Bibere Australian Beverages trading as Fox Creek Wines, a McLaren Vale, South Australia-based winery, together with two connected companies, entered voluntary administration on 18 October.

Fox Creek has been operating since 1994 and was acquired by its current owners — industry colleagues Ben Gibson, Jock Harvey and Dim Georgiadis — in 2021.

The owners cited global disruptions related to the pandemic, reduced tourism, tariff issues in the China market, increased costs and the cost of living as significantly impacting sales.

Tim Mableson and David Kidman of KPMG were appointed voluntary administrators, and asked consumers to show their support by continuing to purchase the company’s wines.