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News June 18, 2012

Closing the Curtains on Crushpad as the Custom Crush Wine Facility Allegedly Calls it Quits.

Wine Industry Insight has reported that Crushpad, the DIY winemaking service that enabled budding wine enthusiasts to make their own vino is closing its doors. Wine Industry Insight goes on to state that several reliable sources confirm that Crushpad was urgently seeking $500,000 last week in last-ditch hopes to stay afloat after Bill Foley (the company’s main investor) decided he would no longer underwrite any more of the operation’s mounting losses.

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News June 16, 2012

All Chateau Lafite Wine Bottles to Carry Prooftag.

Chateau Lafite Rothschild have stated to the Decanter magazine that all bottles of its wine from the 2009 vintage onwards will use Prooftag anti-fraud seals. Prooftag is a capsule seal with a 13-numbered code which can be authenticated on its website. Also, in an effort to decrease the amount of wine fraud, Chateau Lafite is also engaging directly with Chinese consumers, and has opened up an account on Weibo, known as the Chinese twitter. The…

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News June 13, 2012

Wine Consumption in Indian Expected to Double by 2020.

The Indian wine market seems to be growing, at least according to the recently published India Wine Market Report. The research states that the wine market in India is currently small and consumption is tiny compared to that of beer and spirits, but interest is growing a constant rate. Wine consumption in India is expected to grow year on year and could reach 2.4 million nine-liter cases by 2020. Currently, wine is only enjoyed by…

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Facts, News June 11, 2012

30 Ways to Repurpose a Wine Barrel – Part 1

 Who knew there were so many ways to repurpose a wine barrel!?!?   Wine barrel outdoor chair. Wine barrel candle holder. A wine barrel wine bottle holder…..because everything comes full circle! A simple repurpose: Cut a hole in one end of a barrel and you have an instant dog house!  

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News June 9, 2012

Wine Cork Art by Albanian Artist Saimir Strati.

Artist Saimir Strati may have a slight drinking problem! Nevertheless, he put his affliction to good use! It took almost 230,000 corks to create “Romeo with a crown of grapes playing the guitar while dancing with the sea and the sun,” a homage to life living in the Mediterranean. Over the years, Saimir’s art has earned him the title “The Master of Mosaics” and also four Guinness Records. He allegedly worked 14 hours a day,…

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News June 9, 2012

Making Clothing from Wine.

Bioalloy, a research group from the laboratories at the University of Western Australia, have developed a formula to grow seamless garments through wine’s fermentation process. Called Micro’be’, the “fermented fashion project” investigates the “practical and cultural biosynthesis of clothing” that the scientists expect will change traditional interactions between clothing and the body. Their eventual goal is to create a full seamless clothing garment formed by bacterial fermentation without a stitch. The project uses a colony…

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News June 6, 2012

When is a Wine Not a Wine? When European Regulations Say So!

The New York Times has reported that the Chapel Down Winery (England), recently crushed more than two tons of refrigerated Malbec grapes that had been air-freighted over from Mendoza, Argentina, in hopes of producing an English take on the popular South American wine. The problem came when it was time to bottle. Frazer Thompson, chief executive of Chapel Down, was told that he had breached regulations that prohibit the use of grapes from outside the…

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News June 1, 2012

Is it Time for Wineries to Go Mobile?

  An interesting thing happened this year. Marketing and advertising research company Nielsen, reported that smartphone usage surpassed conventional cell phone use. However, based on a recent article in the Washington Wine Report, wineries aren’t yet ready to go mobile, stating: ”A recent wine marketing conference in Woodinville served as a case in point. Winery owners were asked how many of them had a website for their businesses. Everyone’s hand went up. Next, when asked…

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News June 1, 2012

Sex Therapist Dr. Ruth Releases a Wine That’s Sure to Arouse.

New wine brand  innovations seem to be coming from the strangest places these days! The Drinks Business has reported that TV sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer has totally out of left-field and launched her own line of wines, to help “relax” and “arouse” couples. Vin d’Amour Chardonnay, Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon contain just 6% alcohol, compared to the usual 12-14%, along with Westheimer’s smiling face on the label. “My idea is that just the right…

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News May 31, 2012

Ascentia Wine Estates Goes Out of Business.

According to an as-yet unconfirmed email from Wine Industry Insight: “Ascentia Wine Estates is no longer in the wine business as of the end of today when most sales of its properties are supposed to close.” Ascentia Wine Estates which owned the Atlas Peak, Columbia Winery, Covey Run, Geyser Peak, XYZin and 1805 wine brands has been insolvent for more than a year and under pressure from its major investors to sell the properties. Ascentia…

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News May 29, 2012

What’s Happening in my World…

  Kris Chislett.com I know, I must be out of my tiny-little-English-mind to start an additional website! My rationale is that I’m not particularly fond of posting social media content right here on this website (since it’s a little off-topic from what most people are expecting); however, as my involvement in social media increases and I’m working with a lot more wineries, I needed somewhere to house this type of content. I also wanted to…

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