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Illustrator Claudine O’Sullivan, photographer Leon Ward and and illustrator Alex Mellon teamed up to collaborate on the 2018 Jameson Limited Edition Whiskey Bottle. Each with their own artistic sensibilities unite on a design that celebrates the bravery and unity that lies behind every great friendship. Read more
After shilling for Luc Belaire for months as celebrity ambassadors, hip hop icon Rick Ross, global hitmaker DJ Khaled and Grammy-nominated DJ Steve Aoki finally get their own faces on bottles of premium sparkling wines for the Belaire brand. Read more
Millar Road in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand was established by the Collinge family – Ginny and Jeremy and son Gregory – in December 2004. It’s an estate that offers both stylish accommodations (and a lovely venue for weddings) as well as their own brand of wines. They started producing their first wine,’The Supernatural’ in 2009, from vineyards they planted on the property. The Supernatural Wine Co. now produces certified organic, low intervention white and skin-fermented white wines with interesting label designs that are distributed throughout the world. Read more
STANDARD, a new chic California Red or Chardonnay wine-by-the-glass, comes in a Karim Rashid designed glass bottle giving it a stylish edge over similar options in the marketplace. Read more
Moët & Chandon X PSNY. This past fall, Moët & Chandon invited celebrated New York Streetwear label Public School as their latest design partner to create a special collection of Moët Nectar Impérial Rosé, the brand’s #1 selling rosé champagne in the US. Read more
Earlier today I posted, and in doing so learned, all about the rise in popularity and sales of Champagnes, Sparkling Wines and Sparkling Cocktails. This led me to realize that a penchant for good bubbly, like any other hedonistic passion, must be accompanied by the proper paraphernalia. Read more
When it comes to U.S. Millennials and alcohol it’s not just craft beer and artisanal small batch spirits, they seem to be sucking up all things bubbly as well. Sales of Champagne, Prosecco, Moscato, Sparkling wines (Rosé in particular) continued to rise this past year, outpacing non-bubbly wine largely due to the generation’s consumer mindset and buying habits¹. Read more
Each year Champagne house Moët & Chandon invites an artist to collaborate on a limited edition art piece inspired by their Dom Pérignon vintage champagne. We’ve shared with you some of these from the past such as the one by Iris Herpen and the one by Jeff Koons. This year Japanese glass artist Tokujin Yoshioka has created Prism. Read more
You may recall we featured a special bottle design for Rhum Clement by street artist JonOne back in September of 2014. Now he’s the latest artist to participate in designing a special label and gift box for Hennessy’s V.S. Limited Edition series. Read more
While some of us honor and celebrate the lives and legacies of military heroes who died in service to our nation during two holiday weekends a year (Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day), there are companies who support and honor them all year round. Dog Tag Brewing and their Legacy Lager is one of them. Read more