.vin

Overview

• .vin is a generic top-level domain (gTLD). The string "vin" translates to "wine" from French.
• The TLD is categorized under Food & Drink gTLDs and intended to serve wine-related interests and communities.

History

Delegation and Registry

• .vin was delegated into the DNS Root Zone under ICANN's New gTLD Program on 5 August 2015.
• The registry operator is identified in sources as Donuts (applicant and operator managing the TLD).

Application and Government Advice

• The application for .vin received GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) Early Warnings from France and Luxembourg.
• Warnings focused on geographic indications and protections for wine-related geographic terms under French and European law.
• Donuts responded defending an open-registration model for new gTLDs and outlined plans to meet ICANN registration-policy requirements while controlling abuse through user and rights protections.

Developments

• The European Union (including a letter referenced from European Commission leadership) expressed strong objections to delegation without protections for geographic indication rights holders (e.g., Champagne), urging ICANN to heed GAC advice given earlier in the process.

Usage and Audience

• Target users and audiences include wine producers, wine retailers, wine enthusiasts, wine regions, sommeliers, wine media, and businesses in the broader Food & Drink sector.
• The string's French meaning makes it particularly relevant to French and European wine-related entities, though the registry proposed open registrations.

Registration Rules

• The .vin application described the TLD as an open TLD without pre-registration policies.
• The applicant stated it would not use pre-registration verification, arguing such verification could deny domain access to legitimate registrants.
• Donuts indicated plans to implement remediation and takedown policies and "extensive user and rights protections" to address abuse and rights-holder concerns.

Notable Considerations

• The GAC Early Warnings and EU objections centered on geographic indications for wine-producing regions and producers, a significant policy consideration during the application and delegation process.

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domain:       VIN

organisation: Binky Moon, LLC
address:      c/o Identity Digital Limited
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)

contact:      administrative
name:         Vice President, Engineering
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1.425.298.2200
fax-no:       +1.425.671.0020
e-mail:       tldadmin@identity.digital

contact:      technical
name:         Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address:      10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address:      Bellevue WA 98004
address:      United States of America (the)
phone:        +1.425.298.2200
fax-no:       +1.425.671.0020
e-mail:       tldtech@identity.digital

nserver:      V0N0.NIC.VIN 2a01:8840:1e:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.28.21
nserver:      V0N1.NIC.VIN 2a01:8840:1f:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.29.21
nserver:      V0N2.NIC.VIN 2a01:8840:20:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.30.21
nserver:      V0N3.NIC.VIN 161.232.14.21 2a01:8840:f8:0:0:0:0:21
nserver:      V2N0.NIC.VIN 2a01:8840:21:0:0:0:0:21 65.22.31.21
nserver:      V2N1.NIC.VIN 161.232.15.21 2a01:8840:f9:0:0:0:0:21
ds-rdata:     25786 8 2 ba89439b43dd4c15ad9d0bc69198518041f5a9e269ce479569f0e42017d8a9a5

whois:        whois.nic.vin

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/

created:      2015-07-23
changed:      2023-09-12
source:       IANA