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2 hours 7 min agoJuly 30, 2010
01:15
Vin Wine Packaging Concept Design
This project is a conceptual design for a Malbec wine packaging called “VIN”. I chose to incorporate strong angles and metallics, and to work within a simplistic color palette to draw on the crisp nature of the wine. Concept by Adrian Gilling, a recent graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Source :: Packaging of [...]
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July 29, 2010
01:15
Quet Wine Packaging
Designed by Peter Gregson Studio for Quet Wine from winery Fruskogorski vinogradi. Source :: Packaging of the World. Share This
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July 28, 2010
01:15
Lansdowne Vineyard
Although Lansdowne has been making juice for years, the ’09 Savvy was going to be their first release to the masses. They wanted to make every one count, so individually numbered the short run of 1160 as they rolled off the line. This gave them a limited number of random, loved or lucky numbers – [...]
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July 27, 2010
11:26
Divers Find 230 Year Old Champagne
Divers in the Baltic Sea are believed to have discovered a trove of 230-year old Veuve Clicquot Champagne, believed to be the oldest drinkable Champagne ever found. About 30 bottles are believed to be in the wreck. One of the dive-party's members reportedly opened one and tasted it, saying, "it tasted fantastic." Swedish wine expert Carl-Jan Granquist [...]
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July 23, 2010
01:26
Venturi Schulza Vineyards
Vancouver Island design company, Hired Guns Creative has designed beautiful packaging for Venturi Schulze Vineyards. “For those well-versed in the local wines of British Columbia, and specifically Vancouver Island, the name Venturi Schulze is known for achieving excellence through natural processes. One of the oldest vineyards on Vancouver Island, they have been working diligently since [...]
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July 22, 2010
01:21
Cruz De Piedra Wine Label
The luxurious image of the graphics of this Argentine wine communicates the wine exclusive super-premium positioning. The wine name which means ‘Stone cross’ became for Tridimage the inspiration to create the design solution. A gloss black embossed indigenous cross contrasts to the black matte textured finish of the label background projecting a premium feel to [...]
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July 21, 2010
01:15
The Waxed Bat
Design by Stranger & Stranger | Source :: www.thedieline.com Share This
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July 20, 2010
01:11
Mount Towrong Vineyards
Mount Towrong Vineyard is nestled in the Macedon Ranges, Victoria Australia, 600 meters above sea level. It is here, in this fertile soil, that the Cremasco family planted themselves and five acres of terraced vines. Three generations of family have dug in to clear, terrace and cultivate; to this day, friends and relatives come together [...]
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July 19, 2010
01:05
Senza Confini Italian Wine
Design by Stranger & Stranger. Source :: www.thedieline.com Share This
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July 18, 2010
01:10
Gaspar Wine Packaging
New work from a small agency called SMART, based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Check out this beautiful design for a small winery in Croatia. “The last name of family that produces wine is Gašpar. Gašpar is name of one of the Three Kings in the scene of Nativity. There we found inspiration of three gifts [...]
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July 17, 2010
01:16
The Wine Society
Brief: The Wine Society wanted to upgrade it’s labels from something that was quite generic to something that added a little more value. The Society is competing against many different wineries and it was important that the labels had good standout, reflected the quality and helped beginning to tell the WS story. The labels needed [...]
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July 16, 2010
11:07
HOt HOt HOt Wine Packaging
Our gift for our clients is a bottle of wine. The concept was to make the wine bottle our female messenger that sends the client our best wishes and also to make the client smile. The solution for the funny part of the gift was to make the label go down to see what’s behind: Everybody [...]
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July 15, 2010
10:42
Teusner Wines
Teusner Wines are a small boutique winery based in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. They approached Sage to help them create a brand and package to sell their ‘MC Sparkling Shiraz’ for around AUD $65 retail. The feature graphics on this packaging represent bubbles in their simplest form – circles. The circle pattern, logo and appellation [...]
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July 12, 2010
01:15
Veuve Clicquot Fridge
Once again Veuve Clicquot trusts Denis Boudard to create it’s new giftbox: The Veuve Clicquot Fridge. The designer and the brand have collaborated several times such as on the Trendy Collection, a whole set of champagne service tools composed of an ice bucket, some flutes, a bottle stopper, an appetizer and a spectacular Jeroboam ice [...]
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July 11, 2010
01:15
S. Martino Winery
Designs created for wine sold in Italy and Colombia. A nice example of mixing and matching different typefaces to create a cohesive finished solution. Design by Rachel Kinrot | Source :: Lovely Package Share This
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July 10, 2010
16:47
Swanson Vineyards Launches New Website
One of our favorite wineries, Swanson Vineyards has launched a new website that presents Swanson as more of a lifestyle than just a winery. The brand already sold Swanson-branded caviar and the delectable Alexis bonbons (a delicious curry and cabernet sauvignon chocolate confection) but now the site includes more gifts. “We’re presenting a [...]
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July 9, 2010
10:15
Selling wine in supermarkets - by the glass.
A young British entrepreneur had the bright idea of selling wines in single serve portions in plastic stemmed wine glasses with foil tops. The single serve, he reasoned, would be attractive to people who didn’t want to open a whole bottle, and just wanted one glass. It would also be attractive to people having picnics, going [...]
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July 8, 2010
01:05
Skybar
The Skybar One is a smaller version of the original Skybar Wine Preservation & Optimization System. The original holds three bottles and now, for those looking for something smaller and with a less industrial appearance, the Skybar One is available to serve and display a single bottle at a time. The high-tech system is [...]
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July 7, 2010
01:15
Find a local wine tasting event at Vinyou
If it seems like you always find out about local wine tasting events on too short a notice to take advantage of them Vinyou can help. Vinyou catalogs the locations of wine tasting events around the world. Like previously reviewed LocalWineEvents, Vinyou serves as a platform for people to promote locale wine tasting events all around [...]
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July 6, 2010
01:22
Wine is a better recession investment than stocks
It also tastes better. The Financial Times just published a fantastic infographic about wine, which basically tells you everything you’d ever want to know about grape varieties, wine regions, and good wines. But buried in all the superb information is a remarkable nugget: A chart of the Liv-ex 100, which is the wine equivalent of the [...]
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