Archive for the ‘Trends’ Category

The Patrón Social Club

The Patrón Social Club

A slick loyalty program from Patrón to feed interested consumers brand content. The Patrón Social Club is a branded portal that brings together content from around...

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Rolling Stone Beer

Rolling Stone Beer

A small but interesting move by Rolling Stone magazine to launch a limited edition beer. The campaign, conceved by BBDO Milan, makes use of the magazines Rock ‘n...

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Sustainability Seal for SA wine industry

Sustainability Seal for SA wine industry

Just drinks brings us news of this interesting step forward for the local wine industry: The South African Wine and Spirit Board has launched a “sustainability...

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Design Indaba 2010 Roundup

Design Indaba 2010 Roundup

We eagerly attended the annual inspiration fest – The Design Indaba Conference & Expo. As always the speaker lineup was impressive, the turnout of talented...

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Beck’s Music Inspired Art Campaign

Beck’s Music Inspired Art Campaign

Beck’s is pushing an interactive branding campaign – they say they are “brewers of a pure, crisp and fresh pilsner taste” but the rest will...

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Smartphone's tackle beer

Smartphone's tackle beer

On a recent trip the Europe and the US we spend some time playing with an Augmented Reality app from Stella Artois. Mashing the iPhones’ GPS capabilities with...

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For beer lovers (almost) everywhere

For beer lovers (almost) everywhere

Now you need never be caught hot and thirsty without a clear idea of where to get a nice cold one. http://beermapping.com shows you exactly where to find a beer...

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The rise of small domestic distillers and microbrewers

The rise of small domestic distillers and microbrewers

Something we’ve noticed happening in Cape Town for a while now is the gaining traction of the locally brewed/produced trend. Jack Black Beer seems to be taking...

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Online beer & wine tastings

Online beer & wine tastings

Spanning a whole raft of social networking sites, TasteLive allows internet users all over to connect directly with wine makers and brew masters in live online tastings. Producers...

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Oenophile interactive – message on a bottle.

Oenophile interactive – message on a bottle.

Another web-wine interactive experience. This time a concept from Dutch start up 94wines which involves a line of colour coded and numbered wines that you can customise...

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