A rhinoceros in a red sweater on a wine label. That got my attention. The rhinoceros makes sense for a wine from South Africa. I assumed Tussock Jumper was a small national brand. It's much more than that and quite unique in its scope.
Pandiculation. There’s a word that will send you searching. Let’s face it. Few among us know its meaning. Yet there it is. Commanding attention on a wine label in big, bold type. Broken into four lines as if segmentation will...
Bicycle Thief has a sleek modern package that stands on its own, features a handle cut out on top and a spigot on the bottom. It also holds the equivalent of two bottles of wine. But an innovative package alone isn't enough to sell a product in a competitive market like wine.
The rosé category continues to grow at a staggering rate. Especially in warm weather months. The selection is incredible. From the Old World and the New, winemakers from every wine-growing region in the world are producing rosé. From pale pink...
A Unique Blend of California Cool and Artistic Flair Stel+Mar, a relatively new wine brand has been making waves, particularly among the under-40 demographic. While the wines originate from the renowned vineyards of California, the brand’s intriguing story begins unexpectedly...
The colours. The swirl. The product name typography. I liked this wine label immediately. Appeal can be very simple. Achieving that simplicity is complicated. This latest iteration of the Flat Rock Cellars Twisted label is the third in a product...
“Why CRAZY ROWS? Because the old vines from which the grapes that make these wines grow are not planted in orderly rows like modern vineyards, but rather like shrubs, without wires, in completely crazy and disorderly rows.” That’s the story....
The Protea Rosé packaging is gorgeous. The white floral pattern that envelops the entire bottle of soft pink liquid is splendid in its elegance. It creates the feeling of a warm summer day in the south of France. But there is so much more to this packaging concept than the beautiful bottle.
If you’re familiar with the Dan Brown movie, The Da Vinci Code, you might recall a scene that required solving a cryptex puzzle. The puzzle was a cylinder fashioned from brass with marble rings. Each is engraved with the entire...
There are two pieces of information about wine that people often turn to a back label to discover. One is the taste profile. Primarily, what fruit is expressed in the wine. The other is food matches. Producers often provide these...
