Wine Industry News

  • Nike releases trainers made of cork

    (TDB) - American footwear manufacturer Nike has released a series of trainers onto the market made from cork. Announced online on 1 April, the scheme was initially taken to be an April fool, though Nike responded on Twitter insisting that the range “was not a joke”. Forming part o...
  • Idaho's Wine Industry Continues To Grow

    (BSPR) - The executive director of the Idaho Wine Commission says the state is getting national attention for its wines. Moya Dolsby credits a $400,000 annual budget funded through the state liquor tax and wine industry assessment as well as enthusiastic supporters. Dolsby tells the Lewiston ...
  • Moscow Says Bottoms Up for Crimean Wine

    (TIME) - The region’s wine is now being promoted by a Russian government to a nation increasingly thirsty for the stuff. For the future of the region’s bottles, that may not be such a good thing after all. In the era of Czar Nicholas I, Crimean wine was treasured by Russians as the b...
  • Top 10 Wine Decanters

    (TDB) - Why pour a fine wine from a simple bottle, or simple decanter for that matter, when it can be poured from a mouth-blown work of art? When it comes to wine decanters there are some truly inspiring, elegant and unusual designs to choose from. We have trawled the internet to find some of the...
  • Carneros Wine Alliance Adopts New Focus

    (Wines&Vines) - Most of the winemakers pouring during a recent tasting hosted by the Carneros Vintners Alliance agreed that the group—and the region to some extent—had lost its focus in recent years. “It had been dormant for so long,” said winemaker Alison Crowe, who w...

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