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Resonating Brand Authenticity
“We are a small, family-owned winery producing award-winning wines from our *estate vineyard/top vineyards) in our region.” This is true. You have heard or read this before. Maybe it’s on your Home page,...
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Package Redesign Flipped Double Digit Decline to Growth
To say Cline Cellars Marketing Director Christine Lilienthal is thrilled about the new label design and packaging for the winery’s core Lodi Zinfandel would be an understatement. Her collaboration with...
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Creating Brand Loyalty
I came across an article in Marketing Profs today by John Miller, the title of which caught my eye, “Brand Love is Bull****…So Now What Do We do? Five Things.” While I don’t agree with his premise I do...
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Anatomy of a Brand Launch
Our team is in Los Angeles this week to launch an Australian beer brand called 4 Pines. This is the 2nd largest brewer in Australia and was recently purchased by Anheuser Busch. Our whole team has worked...
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How to Modernize Your Wine Brand Without Sacrificing Heritage
There are more opportunities to drive relevancy with your wine brand than ever before, due in part to the fact that people are consuming it in record numbers.
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The Tasting Room: Branding or Marketing
In selling wine, especially in the tasting room, there is a difference between marketing and branding. Yes, the two are often co-mingled, but they must be interpreted and managed differently. Without a...
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Strategic Design Invigorates Brand Health
"Clients call us when they need to revive a tired brand or bring a new brand to life, on the label and on the shelf," says Ed Rice, Affinity Creative Group’s Director of Brand Strategy and Client Deve...
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Great Deal on Branded Wine Totes from Topnest
Order your Custom, Non-Woven Wine Totes at Unified and TopNest Designs will: Pay your set-up fee, Send you a free sample with your logo Deduct $75 off of your final invoice! Our Reusable & Recyclable...
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Afternoon Brief, April 7
U.S. Wine Brands Dominate 2015 Top 10 List: The wine industry as we know it today owes an inestimable debt to European knowhow and culture, but in commercial terms today's axis leans in a very different...
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Afternoon Brief, March 20
Arsenic-Tainted Wine: Overkill or a Real Killer? If you drank a bottle of the alleged arsenic-tainted California wine, there's probably no need to rush to the attorney's office to update your will...
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