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	<title>The Whisky Grotto &#187; Design</title>
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		<title>A Tip For You Marketing People &#8211; Top 10 Blog Posts on Future Branding and Communication From Ronnestam.com</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2009/12/30/a-tip-for-you-marketing-people-top-10-blog-posts-on-future-branding-and-communication-from-ronnestam-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Today I posted a blog-post on Ronnestam.com about my experimental book project &#8211; Top 10 Blog Posts on Future Branding and Communication From Ronnestam.com. It doesn&#8217;t really have that much to do with Whisky specifically. But if you&#8217;re into marketing and advertising it will sure inspire you to reach further with your whisky brand!
Head on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join the likes of Ronald Reagan, John Major and Jacque Chirac</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/11/04/join-the-likes-of-ronald-reagan-john-major-and-jacque-chirac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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When every independent bottler around the world are experimenting with the contents of whisky ForScotchLovers founder Doug Stone takes another route.
This past summer Doug commissioned the artists at Inner Light Crystal to produce a limited edition of exactly twenty-one (21) engraved bottles of Macallan Fine Oak 21 years old whisky. Each bottle is signed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Queen Mother’s favorite whisky blend gets dressed up</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/07/31/the-queen-mother%e2%80%99s-favorite-whisky-blend-gets-dressed-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian Macleod Distillers has re-packaged and re-positioned Langs Supreme for its re-launch.

he new bottle design, developed by the award winning Graphic Partners Ltd, updates the current traditional Langs Supreme packaging, to create a far more premium design, in keeping with the award winning quality of the blend inside. 
The Langs name is a traditional, independent, long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-branding of Tomatin sneak-previewed as 30 and 40 year old limited editions are added to whisky portfolio</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/07/24/re-branding-of-tomatin-sneak-previewed-as-30-and-40-year-old-limited-editions-are-added-to-their-whisky-portfolio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This latest release from Tomatin let’s us know how the 2009 range will be dressed when introduced early next year. 
Tomatin follows the trend lead by Auchentoshan, Glenmorangie, Highland Park and others, with more sophisticated and simplistic design and classic typography as the new bottles will be dressed in white, black, silver and red. Personally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Single malt not enough for you? Then try Single &amp; Single</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/07/13/single-malt-not-enough-for-you-then-try-single-single/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/07/13/single-malt-not-enough-for-you-then-try-single-single/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Ever heard of Single &#38; Single. I hadn’t until Yossi Schwarts, the founder, messed me on Facebook. A couple of minutes later my mouth was watering.
Single &#38; Single is the brainchild of armchair bottler Yossi Schwarts that believes whisky is for ‘fun and for friends’. Yossi has set out to find casks that are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pearls and contemporary design when Auchentoshan revamps their bottles and packaging</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/06/12/pearls-and-contemporary-design-when-auchentoshan-revamps-their-bottles-and-packaging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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Auchentoshan Distillery – home to Scotland’s only triple distilled single malt whisky – is set to introduce new expressions to its premium product range along with a new contemporary look and feel to its bottle shape and packaging design.
The new bottle shape and packaging design is a radical move from its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go get your guns to protect yourselves against this double shooter from Ardbeg</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/01/31/go-get-your-guns-to-protect-yourselves-against-this-double-shooter-from-ardbeg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2008/01/31/go-get-your-guns-to-protect-yourselves-against-this-double-shooter-from-ardbeg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This beauty bottling of the Ardbeg 1974 is definitely something to die for. 

Ardbeg Double Barrel Inspired by the tradition of a shooting party, Ardbeg have created a Double Barrel guncase, crafted by a traditional guncase maker. 
The package contains:

- Two single cask bottles of Ardbeg 1974 – the oldest and rarest Ardbeg
- Eight sterling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Macallan launches 55 year old single malt whisky in Lalique decanter</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/11/24/the-macallan-launches-55-year-old-single-malt-whisky-in-lalique-decanter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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The Macallan and Lalique has unveiled The Macallan in Lalique Natural Colour decanter containing a 55 year old single malt whisky valued at £6,000 (USD$12,000).
The natural colour decanter has been designed by the legendary French crystal house Lalique, exclusively for The Macallan.  A limited edition, of only 420, have been produced, each individually numbered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new design for Nikka Whisky</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/11/22/a-new-design-for-nikka-whisky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/11/22/a-new-design-for-nikka-whisky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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The Cool Hunter reports that Michael Young the Hong-Kong-based British designer of practically everything — has just designed a startling black bottle for Japanese Nikka Whisky. 
I&#8217;m personally work in the creative business and I&#8217;m for differentiation and change. But my personal opinion is that this one looks like shit. What&#8217;s yours?
It is kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotch Calendar 2008 by Thomas Jackson</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/10/19/scotch-calendar-2008-by-thomas-jackson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/10/19/scotch-calendar-2008-by-thomas-jackson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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The Scotch Blog had a post yesterday about Scotch, a calendar that presents a dozen standout malt whiskies for the aficionado. 
Each spread features a photograph of a special bottle, plus an abundance of fascinating information: notes on aroma, appearance, and flavor; a tasting chart; background on the water source and casking, plus a color [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrinkled bottle shows age &amp; character</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/10/01/wrinkled-bottle-shows-age-character/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/10/01/wrinkled-bottle-shows-age-character/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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The NotCot blog, one of my favorites when I’m looking for visual inspiration has a post about Whisky bottle packaging. 
&#8220;Wrinkle Bottle is a packaging project that dramatically highlight an intrinsic peculiarity of high quality spirits: the aging. The realistic reproduction of human wrinkles engraved on the bottle, ironically puts up the long years that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’m a sucker for good design</title>
		<link>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/06/29/i%e2%80%99m-a-sucker-for-good-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whiskygrotto.com/2007/06/29/i%e2%80%99m-a-sucker-for-good-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Man in the Grotto</dc:creator>
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Sometimes I end up bringing a new bottle home to my Whisky collection with only the design of the bottle in mind. I have never tried the Pendleton Whisky from Canada. But one thing is for sure, next time I pass one I’ll buy one. 
Damn good looking bottle. Found it while searching for something.
(Yeah [...]]]></description>
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