Wine & spirits
The Balvenie Sixty: a tribute to the distillery’s malt master
Honoring a 60-year-long tenure of the distillery’s malt master David Stewart, The Balvenie has launched a special edition expression - The Balvenie Sixty. Limited to only 71 pieces, the single malt is the brand’s oldest and rarest whisky...
Behind Hautes Glaces' strategy to reduce whisky bottle format
The new whisky bottle introduced by Hautes Glaces in September 2023 measures just 50cl as compared to its 70cl predecessor. These smaller format bottles are for the brand’s Les Intemporels range, as well as limited-releases under the...
Crate taps Denomination for label-less wine packaging design
For the launch of Crate, Australia’s Fourth Wave Wine chose to do away with labels and instead concentrate brand information on the capsule.Drinks branding specialist Denomination is behind the design of Crate, a barrel-matured wine from...
A second luxury rum packaging collaboration for Lalique and Dictador
Dictador Generations en Lalique 2 is the second collaboration between Colombian rum brand Dictador and French glassmaker Lalique.After a first collaboration in 2021 that gave rise to a 1976 rum in a clear crystal decanter, the second product...
Zeus: Luc Belaire's "nearly unbreakable" 45-liter sparkling wine bottle
The 45-liter Belaire Zeus bottle from French winery Luc Belaire is more than 1 meter tall and weighs 72.5kg when full. The equivalent of 60 standard bottles of Belaire, just two of these oversized bottles have been created.More than 10 years...
Champagne Mailly Grand Cru’s coffret revamp leverages molded pulp
In revamping the coffret for its L’Intemporelle Blanc and L’Intemporelle Rosé references, Champagne Mailly Grand Cru opted to replace the traditional PP insert with one in molded pulp. This move to create entirely recyclable packaging...
Sampé Gin makes waves with Mediterranean-inspired pack
Seeking to create packaging that evokes the spirit of the Mediterranean, newly launched brand Sampé (High Spirits) opted for a textured bottle lacquered in a translucent blue for its debut gin.The gin market’s growth curve is in full...
C.Pack: Portugal’s Casa de Cambres thinks outside the box with wine backpack
In a new twist to secondary packaging with a second life, the C.Pack, made entirely of cork, from Portugal's Casa de Cambres winery doubles as a backpack and can carry three wine bottles.Lamego-based winemaking estate Casa de Cambres tapped...
Ruinart's Blanc Singulier: a Champagne cuvée attests to climate change
Blanc Singulier is Ruinart’s first new Champagne cuvee to launch in two decades. It bears witness to climate change in France's Champagne region, where Chardonnay grapes have seen an evolving aromatic profile over the last ten years.French...
Creativity unbottled: Stina’s wine label turned canvas
Inspired by the environment surrounding its winery, Croatian winemaker Stina’s new label was conceived as a 'blank canvas' for the consumer. Left bare, the label is meant to inspire creativity.Symbol of the eponymous Croatian island, the...
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