Wine Brand Böen Teams with Guala Closures and SharpEnd to Launch First NFC-Enabled Wine Bottles in US

Wine Brand Böen Teams with Guala Closures and SharpEnd to Launch First NFC-Enabled Wine Bottles in US

Californian wine brand Böen, part of Copper Cane Wines & Provisions by Joseph Wagner, announces itself as the first United States wine brand to deploy Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology to date. On August 1st, NFC connected bottles will be released across the United States, offering consumers the ability to be taken to the home of […]

Yellow Tail Wine Returns to the Super Bowl with a Very Happy New Ad Campaign

Yellow Tail Wine Returns to the Super Bowl with a Very Happy New Ad Campaign

In what promises to be among the happiest spots during the game, [ yellow tail ] wine will debut its new “Tastes Like Happy” ad campaign with a new :30 TV spot airing during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 3, 2019. [ yellow tail ] is on a mission to bring happiness to every […]

Newly Formed BevZero Targets Non-Alcoholic Bulk Wine Sector

Newly Formed BevZero Targets Non-Alcoholic Bulk Wine Sector

BevZero will supply premium non-alcoholic wine, and beer products, through the use of technology that includes the spinning cone column and, more recently, its Go-Lo technology. It will utilise ConeTech’s technologies, which allows for the removal of 100% of the alcohol from a wine, or beer, it says, without compromising the quality of the finished product. […]

China Launches its Own Wine Rating System

China Launches its Own Wine Rating System

In China’s most affirmative move yet to demonstrate its clout as a leading wine consumer, the country has unveiled a new wine rating system designed to evaluate imported and domestically produced wines, based on Chinese tastes, shunning a set of established international wine rating systems such as the 100-point system favoured by international wine critics. […]

Squealing Pig Tells More Curly Tales in Latest Campaign by J. Walter Thompson Melbourne

Squealing Pig Tells More Curly Tales in Latest Campaign by J. Walter Thompson Melbourne

 Australian Rosé label, Squealing Pig, has launched a new campaign under its ‘Curly Tales of Squealing Pig’ platform via Treasury Wine Estates‘ global creative agency J. Walter Thompson, Melbourne. Following on from the successful 2017 social campaign, 2018 sees a new chapter of Curly Tales arrive, with the creation of 5 little films for […]

Co-Partnership Provides Vibrant Branding for Stoneleigh’s Wine Range

Co-Partnership Provides Vibrant Branding for Stoneleigh’s Wine Range

Stoneleigh hails from Marlborough, New Zealand’s most famous wine region, with an enviable international reputation for producing the best Sauvignon Blanc in the world. The challenge with any brand redesign is to consider what stays and what goes. What equities are required to keep brand recognition amongst current consumers, whilst attracting new ones. The Stoneleigh […]

Tarongino Launching in the US Market with Fresh Packaging by Watermark Design

Tarongino Launching in the US Market with Fresh Packaging by Watermark Design

Tarongino USA is a fun, fresh, sparkling canned wine made from 100% organic oranges. The oranges are picked from the Mencheta family’s fifth generation orchards and is crafted in Valencia, Spain. Challenged with introducing this unique wine to the US market, Watermark Design wanted to be sure the packaging reflected both the taste of the […]

Design Bridge create evocative branding for The Palm: the new rosé from Whispering Angel

Design Bridge create evocative branding for The Palm: the new rosé from Whispering Angel

Design Bridge share their latest work creating the branding for The Palm: the latest rosé from the Whispering Angel family of wines. Leveraging on the success of their existing premium portfolio, Whispering Angel have created The Palm as an entry level rosé to appeal to a younger, fashionable, female audience. Design Bridge’s challenge was to create a brand that epitomised a fun, aspirational […]

Biles Hendry Hits All the Right Notes with a New Brand Story for Boutinot Wines

Biles Hendry Hits All the Right Notes with a New Brand Story for Boutinot Wines

UK wine importer and producer Boutinot has just launched a new brand identity and packaging for its trio of Riojas, called Vega del Rayo, with design by Biles Hendry. Branding and design agency Biles Hendry was tasked with taking Boutinot’s contemporary-style Rioja – made with grapes from the Carlos Serres vineyard in Haro – and […]