Blasted Church Vineyards

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"In 2002, the new owners of Prpich Hills Winery had a problem. Their name. Brandever advised that the winery needed a beacon of a name. Something that would break away from traditional wine naming protocol. A name that would resonate throughout the entire Okanagan Valley, and beyond.

We recommended “Blasted Church”. And created a series of unique labels that told the true story of a mining era church that had been dismantled with the help of four dynamite sticks, and then moved to Okanagan Falls in the 1930’s. Once launched, Wine Cognoscenti, Jurgen Gothe wrote: 

"And when you do see your first bottle, you’ll probably gasp like everybody else does. This is a BC wine label? But it’s so … outrageous, colourful, cartoony, off-the-wall, and – this is the clincher – nothing at all like a BC wine label.”

Today, Blasted Church has grown over tenfold in sales, has become one of the most recognized, and admired wineries in Canada, and is proudly served by the best restaurants and wine merchants across the country. Amen."

Comments

[Ben]

The illustrations in themselves are quite nice, but I don't think they work as wrap-arounds on the bottles...especially not with the text, the placement just looks clumsy and tries too hard to be eccentric. I do like the colours though.

[Yael Miller]

Love the original Blasted Church look - so funny and irreverent. The new ones are also humorous, in a more subtle way - the humor in the titles is heightened by the elegant, spare execution (Nothing Sacred and Bible Thumper)! LOL. Great work :)

[m. heart]

Love Monika Melnychuk's illustrations. Really fun!

[logo design]

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