Amorim, Gucci and Grant Macdonald jointly design the 2022 Golden Vines trophy

Amorim Cork, Corticeira Amorim’s Cork Stopper Business Unit, joined forces with the Italian luxury fashion house, Gucci, the British goldsmith, Grant Macdonald and the Italian-Ethiopian artist, Red Longo (RED) for the design, conception and production of the 2022 Golden Vines® trophy. This is an unprecedented collaboration that has created a harmonious balance between the Golden Vines® Award event’s ethos of diversity, plurality and inclusion and RED’s street art style. The final configuration of the 2022 Golden Vines® trophy, whose design incorporates features of the iconic object delivered at last year’s ceremony, also featured Shantell Martin, Golden Vines®’s current Artistic Director who was also responsible for the 2021 trophy.

The presentation box for the 2022 Golden Vines® trophy was custom designed by Gucci.

«The 2022 Golden Vines® trophy is a wonderful expression of the age-old intersection of wine, art, cork and nature. The intense and creative path behind the design of the Golden Vines® 2022 trophy has built on this unique relationship to create a beautiful celebration of the winners, wines and winemakers who form an integral part of Amorim Cork’s global leadership,” says Carlos de Jesus, Amorim’s director of marketing and communications.

The Golden Vines® Award 2022 is promoted by Liquid Icons, the wine research and content production company, founded by the late Gerard Basset and Lewis Chester. The non-profit The Golden Vines® Awards ceremony, which was held in the Salone di Cinquecento at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence last October, is the most important meeting of the year for world leaders, collectors and experts from the wine industry. The winners of the 2022 Golden Vines® Awards were chosen by An unprecedented 950 wine professionals worldwide. A new category, the Golden Vines® Sustainability Awards, sponsored by Gucci, was introduced in 2022