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Return of the Living Red

December 12, 2011 – 7:59 pm | One Comment
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Forget the chateaux. Forget the birds. Forget whatever nonsensical French-countryside illustrations you’ve seen on wine labels. And enter Mash. Always creative, never predictable, Mash is one of our favorite creative agencies. Hailing from Oz, their …

Lovely Labels: TUG’s Top Wine Label Picks

October 14, 2011 – 5:56 pm | No Comment
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Admit it. Sometimes you impulsively buy a wine bottle for the label. And that’s not always a bad thing, especially if that label speaks as much to art and creativity as it does wine. We …

Barley Basher: Cervecería Sagrada

October 4, 2011 – 3:39 pm | No Comment

Beer and professional wrestling: Now there’s a winning combination. No, we’re not talking about Coors Lite and Hulk Hogan. This is a much more sophisticated and exotic kind of pairing. This is Cervecería Sagrada, and …

Swiss Bliss: Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes

July 28, 2011 – 2:55 pm | One Comment

It was the old school vintage labels and cool, dark beer bottles with Grolsch-style flip caps that first caught my attention. Then I cracked open a bottle of La Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes – or BFM, …

Killer Wine: Killibinbin, Australia

July 13, 2011 – 12:00 pm | 2 Comments

Killibinbin has always had a bit of a reputation as a killer – wine, that is. So, with the creative cats at Australian-based Mash design studio, this Adelaide Hills producer developed a label to live …

Grunge-Chic: Doss Blockos

May 18, 2011 – 9:44 pm | No Comment

There’s something downright illicit about swigging an alcoholic beverage that’s concealed inside a brown paper bag. It’s edgy, it’s grungy, it’s kind of criminal – which means, of course, that it’s also indisputably hip. Enter …

Marx to the Max: Marx Wine, New Zealand

May 12, 2011 – 8:41 pm | One Comment
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How does a design genius who happens to share the rare last name Marx dispel confusion? What he does best: packaging and branding. Ryan Marx of Marx Design recently launched promotional pieces to set him …

Bubbly Beauty: Bottle Green

April 22, 2011 – 12:14 pm | One Comment

If you’re jonesing for an elegant way to slake your thirst, look no further than the latest sparkling drink from Bottle Green, a little company based in Britain. When it came time to design the …

Butcher Brew: Blood Alley Bitter

April 20, 2011 – 3:26 am | 3 Comments

I’m not sure if it’s the darkly alluring title, the bold red hues or the pig and how it calls to mind charcuterie and other such farm-chic trends, but Blood Alley Bitter seems to hit …

Que delícia! Peelable Brazilian Caipiroska

April 12, 2011 – 2:20 pm | One Comment

Summer is just around the corner. The days are getting longer, the sun is getting hotter and people are starting to dream of barbecues, fresh market produce and drinks on the patio. And so to …