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SKYY Infusions

"SKYY Infusions are a unique, 100% all-natural infused experience made with premium SKYY Vodka and succulent real fruit. The product of a proprietary process that captures the ‘true-to-fruit’ taste, while meeting a real consumer desire for all-natural products, SKYY Infusions launched in five mouth-watering flavors: Citrus, Cherry, Passion Fruit, Raspberry and Grape. SKYY Infusions replaces the previous SKYY Flavours range." Also, the classic SKYY bottle has been subtly redesigned, it is skinnier, taller overall, with a taller neck. Very nice way to update the SKYY brand and make it a bit more contemporary.

More Logan wines by War Design

From War Design: Logan Wines is a boutique winery based in Mudgee NSW. Since their launch 11 years ago, Logan wines have built a reputation for beautifully crafted wines that occupy a top-end niche position in Australia and key overseas markets including Japan and the UK. The brand’s core drinkers could be best described as investigative connoisseurs – those not afraid to try something else in the pursuit of excellence.

The outcome? The Logan identity reflects the attention to detail, personal and highly crafted approach the Logan’s take to everything they do. This is articulated through hand drawn typography, combined with playful copywriting, beautiful imagery and an attention to production and printing quality.Taking the lead from Logan’s bold and highly individual approach to winemaking, a concept based upon embroidery was chosen as an ideal metaphor to the care and effort placed into the wine. The concept required the embroidering of beautifully intricate compositions of fruits, berries, leaves and flowers to represent the textures and flavours of each varietal. These stunning representations were then rolled out across all touch points. Thanks must go to Delma - the lovely embroiderer that brought the concept to life, stitch by painstaking stitch. One very talented lady indeed!

You can see the level of craft and care that has gone into producing these labels, and it's the attention to detail that elevates these designs from being simply being beautiful into something meaningful. Just like the wine itself apparently.

The World's Most Exclusive Champagne

"Perrier-Jouët, will be launching the first tailor-made champagne in history: a Perrier-Jouët cuvée made by and for you alone. A mere one hundred people around the world will enjoy the exclusive privilege of a champagne experience devoted solely to them, over the course of an exceptional day at Perrier-Jouët’s headquarter’s the Maison Belle Époque, which has never opened its doors to the public.
Guided in person by Hervé Deschamps, the Maison’s 7th Cellar Master in a lineage dating back two centuries, the fortunate few will have the unprecedented opportunity to create their “own” personal cuvée in the privacy of our Épernay"

"Perrier-Jouët By & For is much more than simply a prestige cuvée – it is a uniquely bespoke luxury experience which incorporates:

• The rare honour of creating one’s own champagne: a made-to-measure case of 12 bottles, inspired by the Belle Époque Blanc de Blancs Vintage 2000.
• A priceless behind-the-scenes visit to Épernay, with access to the private house of Perrier-Jouët, the Maison Belle Époque, which features one of the world’s most prestigious
collections of Art Nouveau masterpieces.
• A face-to-face consultation with Hervé Deschamps, the House’s Cellar Master, who will guide the personalisation process.
• A dedicated area within the Maison’s historic cellars, where the champagne will age and mature under expert supervision.
• On each bottle, the purchaser’s signature and an authenticating co-signature of Cellar Master Hervé Deschamps."

The 12-pack "case"

The bottle was designed by émile Gallé in 1902, who is one of the artists that best represents Art Nouveau era. In 1964, a wine maker was struck by the beautiful anemone painted bottle founded in Perrier-Jouët’s cave, and decided to make special Cuvée suited for. Since then, 'Belle Epoque' has been enjoyed in all over the world, such as in Paris, London and New York, for its dominant presence of white Chardonnay grapes that offers elegant taste, and also the glamorous design of the bottle that has been known as 'Fleur de Champagne' "

Gallo rosé in a box

I'm must be on a wine kick. Actually I'm always on a wine kick...

This package won best design and packaging prize at the 2008 Drink Business awards, for its clutch-style handbag box. Now perhaps I am just not the right kind of woman, but I found the strapline “White Grenache – loved by women almost as much as they love their handbags”, a tad condescending. "Appealing directly to the rosé wine consumer" – does the love of rosé equal a love of handbags? Apparently so; according to Tesco, where it is being sold, the package has been “incredibly successful”.

Logan wines

More wine, and more design from War Design for family-run Logan vineyard. The label speaks to the old-fashioned winemaking process, human involvement and enjoyment at the same time, all with one graphic device. I imagine the winemaker, pants rolled around knees, tramping away from the crushed grapes, leaving his oenophilic footprints on the way. Not only would this jump out on-shelf, but it's not a frivolous tactic to do so. I'm really enjoying the tactility and the relevant message on this one.

Fat Bastard redesign

A redesign by Turner Duckworth for Fat Bastard wines. I love that they integrated the name and visuals in a witty and sophisticated solution for a wine that is affordable yet has a lot of weight behind it.

Absolut rainbow

Spotted in Selfridges a few weeks ago is the new limited edition Absolut second skin... rainbow.
"The rainbow flag has been a symbol of support for "many cultures around the world as a sign of diversity and inclusiveness, of hope and of yearning." To celebrate the flag's 30 year history, Absolut is releasing their Absolut Rainbow limited edition bottle. It will be made available exclusively through Colette Paris on July 1st"
Well, not sure about Paris, but it's in Selfridges now for any die-hard Absolut fans. Previous second skin limited edition bottles include..

So Chic Wines

I really like this design, the shape of the bottle, the colors, the type. It all works very well together. I tried finding out some more information about it on their website, but I don't speak french. Can anyone help? All I could decipher was that each bottle includes a Swarovski crystal.

Sake2Me

Always beautiful work from Michael Osborne Design.

Via Design Muse

Double Cross Vodka

Old Nassau Imports came to Capsule with Double Cross, a brand new luxury vodka that required an awe-inspiring package. Capsule went to work and drawing from the vodka’s native Slovakia, created a bottle adorned with Slovakian poetry and other design elements that created a high-end and extravagant package.

Winner of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold for the bottle design.