Treasury Wine Estates, the world’s second biggest winemaker, has said it is planning to clear a backlog of unwanted wine in the United States.

A million bottles of wine are to be poured down the drain by Australia’s biggest winemaker after it failed to sell enough of its product.

Treasury Wine Estates, the world’s second biggest winemaker, has said it is planning to clear a backlog of unwanted wine in the United States.

The company has not yet disclosed how it will dispose of the wine but is reportedly planning to pour it down the drain, bury it in a landfill or squash it beneath a 10-ton steamroller.