Comments on: Lovely Package does alcohol

By: Sean Metcalf

Sean Metcalf — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:45:33 +0000

I love the Cognac packaging, very effective in presenting a clean packaging in a different approach to convey elegance. I also quite like the second, howling monkey. Very eye catching and original which I believe will do well in the market.

By: Jon Liebold

Jon Liebold — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:25:55 +0000

Awesome packaging examples. I really like the spiral label as well as the screened wine label. Another wine, Root:1, was actually the inspiration for my Branding class winery label. Naturally I am redoing it now to put in my child… er I mean portfolio (they really are like having a kid, aren’t they?)

@Kiren: I definitely agree. It is an awesome concept and even without the typical Absolut screen printing, I immediately could tell it was an Absolut product.

By: Eoin Redmond

Eoin Redmond — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:35:11 +0000

I love the Mamont – a little different from the norm.

Eoin

By: adam

adam — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:57:26 +0000

nice find and post, the cognac bottles are really interesting.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:51:29 +0000

No worries, Chad, Akash.

Davin, thanks for pitching in. I’ve learned a thing or two about whiskey since compiling this post, even if I don’t like it as a drink.

They’ll not be as sweet on the shelves, Abbas. I’m with you there.

By: Abbas

Abbas — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:54:43 +0000

The VSOP Cognac labelling is really, really good. The concept behind the Seriously Pink labelling is also quite eyecatching.

I must admit though, a little bit of lighting and touching up in Photoshop can make anything look half-decent. I suspect on a shelf in the local Morrisons most of these bottles won’t look anywhere impressive. The Absolut concept will just look naff.

By: Davin de Kergommeaux

Davin de Kergommeaux — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:43:43 +0000

Hi Ian,
The entry in Wikipedia is incorrect. In older Scottish legal documents you will find whiskey spelled with an e. In at least one case, both spellings are used on the same page in the same document. The story that the Irish adopted the e to distinguish themselves from the Scottish is not true across the board. Right into the 1970’s some Irish distillers continued to use the no e spelling on their labels. The e spelling was adopted only after all the distilleries but two went out of business and those two were merged to form a viable enterprise. Since there was only one distiller, they defaulted to a single spelling.
Here is an article I wrote a couple of years ago on the pointlessness of trying to argue that there is only one correct spelling for whiskey from any country.
http://www.maltmaniacs.org/malt-109.html#0810
Davin

By: Richard, Peacock Carter

Richard, Peacock Carter — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:25:12 +0000

@David I’d passed over The Cost Vineyard, but looking at it again it’s becoming a favourite!

By: Nora Reed

Nora Reed — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:33:05 +0000

Who could say “NO” when wine sells in such amazing packages ;)

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:25:16 +0000

very handsome designs! *le sigh- I would love to be that good someday. But for right now- these fellows have the floor and have once more inspired me! I’m particularly fond of the Mamont- Loving that bottle shape