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Divine Intervention -Wine Enthusiast |
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Recent Mentions on the web: -March 2010 |
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Recent Mentions on the web: City Food Magazine-January 2010 |
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| A fresh crop of clever wine ideas Jurgen Gothe declares in the Georgia Straight that we'll see ice buckets full of Mixed Blessings at summer weddings. http://www.straight.com/article-220224/fresh-crop-clever-ideas -The Georgia Straight May 14, 2009 |
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| Blasted Church - Mixed Blessings Rhonda May and Sommelier Jay Drysdale rate Mixed Blessings 90/100 http://www.cityfood.com/EN/bc_wine_scene/blasted_church_-_mixed_blessing/ -City food Magazine May 4, 2009 |
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| The Okanagan Uncorked "It is approaching midnight and the electrified Gospel Experience Choir is stirring up a heavenly ruckus at the far end of the barrel room....." at Blasted Church Vineyards. Download Article - PDF - 1.5MB -Kerry Banks, Westworld, Fall 2007 |
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Le sorcier de l'Okanagan Pour travaille avec le président de Brandever Strategy, il faut avoir l'esprit ouvert. À l'opposé de l'approche traditionelle et minimaliste des vignobles concurrents, ce consultant choisit une approche audacieuse. Download Article - PDF - 446KB -Francis Plourde, Commerce, August, 2007 |
| Blasted Church wins at San Francisco label competition Gold Medal Award - Label Design (Single) - Blasted Church Revered Series Merlot 2005 Download full awards listing - PDF - 21 KB -July 2007 |
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Label Designer Pushes the Boundaries "... you'll remember it, and recall is everything." Download Article - PDF - 382KB -Tim Pawsey Edmonton Journal, June, 2007 |
| AWC Vienna 2007 selects a Blasted Church design as one of world's finest labels The AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge has selected a Brandever design as one of 25 finalists in the 2007 Europe's Best Wine Label competition. The Blasted Church Chardonnay label was selected amongst 4,260 entries from around the world in the first round of competition. The next stage of the challenge will see the 25 contenders get reduced to a group of 10 finalists. Soon thereafter, the competition will open up to a worldwide electronic voting competition. Stay tuned! - www.AWC-Vienna.at, April, 2007 |
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| The best wines you can't buy - except in BC There's simply too little of the best stuff to go around and too many knowledgeable B.C. wine aficionados who know where and when to scoop it up (hint: at the winery doors as it's released). Many of the topranked wines are sold almost entirely through winery boutiques or direct to restaurants, with just a trickle — if that — allocated to a few stores in such cities as Vancouver, Victoria and Calgary. Download Article - PDF - 340KB -Beppi Crosariol, Globe and Mail, December, 2006 |
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Bottling a best-seller? It's what's outside that counts "Some people loved it, others were appalled" - Evelyn Campbell Download Article - PDF - 203KB -Kerry Banks, Financial Post Business Magazine, December 2006 |
| How quirky names sell wines. Fat Bastard, Yellow-Tail, now Blasted Church. Download Article - PDF - 433KB -John Schreiner, Deep Cove Crier, October 2006 |
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Blasted Church Syrah 2004 selected wine of the week in the September 16, 2006 edition of the Vancouver Sun. -September, 2006 |
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An article from the August 28, 2006 edition of Maclean's Magazine featuring Blasted Church and Bernie Hadley-Beauregard, the brains behind the labels. Download Article - PDF - 526.38KB -August, 2006 |
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Gordon Stimmell presents his favourites from a national competition for the best valued wine under $25 sold in Canada. Blasted Church Vineyards 2004 Merlot was ranked top Merlot. To see the full story from the Toronto Star press here. -August, 2006 |
| The Vancouver Sun | An excerpt from the Vancouver Sun on July 18 2006, about how the government spends money on Blasted Church wine. To see the page press here. -July, 2006 |
Blasted Church Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2005 selected as BC wine of the week in the June 17, 2006 edition of the Vancouver Sun.
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An article by John Schreiner at gismondionwine.com writing about our winery history, screwcap breakthrough and winemaker, Kelly Moss. Press here for the full story. -June, 2006 |
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An article on the famous Midnight Service hosted by Blasted Church during the Fall Okanagan Wine Festival. Press here for the full story. -March, 2006 |
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Evelyn featured in the Jan/Feb 2005 edition of the CGA Magazine. Press here for the full story. -January, 2005 |
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Blasted Church featured as part of a 4-part investigation on the Okanagan Wine Festival on Global. Highspeed recommended (221kbps). -October 7, 2004 |
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Blasted Church featured on CHBC. Highspeed recommended (221kbps). -September 23, 2004 |
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"No Okanagan winery ever got as much lift from a label change as Blasted Church when, under new owners, it re-launched in the summer of 2002 with brilliantly whimsical art on its wine bottles." -John Schreiner, The Wineries of British Columbia, Whitecap Books 2004 |
"(...) As shrewd business people, the Campbells believe in bringing in experts when required. For the new name, they hired a hot-shot Vancouver marketer named Bernie Hadley-Beauregard. He canvassed some 400 possible names before settling, brilliantly, on Blasted Church. His clever caricature labels propelled the wines off the shelf." -John Schreiner, Deep Cove Crier, September 2004 |
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"(...) Created by Bernie Hadley-Beauregard, and carried out by Toronto artist Monika Melnychuk, the dozen Blasted Church labels deserve the attention. How can you resist the name? (...)" -Jurgen Gothe, NUVO Magazine, Winter 2003/2004 |
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article The Christening Mission. No more Creeks, Hills, Ridges or Estates ... a vintner's quest for the perfect name. -John T. D. Keyes, BCBusiness Magazine, November 2003 |
"Nice Nose, Spicy Label. 2003 an excellent year for ... graphics. So Okanagan wine is now at par with everyone else's. Great - but how's their marketing? That's catching up fast too. (...) Consider the recent emergence of wineries with stories to tell. The first was Blasted Church, which latched onto the legend of a church dynamited back in '29 (...) It's a trend, we like it. Hip, but in a folksy unassuming way that stresses sense of place." -Western Living, November 2003 |
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"All right, I'm a sucker for the trappings: marketing, packaging, labels, names. Good grab y'a graphics draw me in. (...) Blasted Church set the bar earlier, naming its winery after an actual landmark and explosive event". -Jurgen Gothe, Georgia Straight, October 30, 2003 |
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"Art of the label - Art and Wine has intermingled for centuries. Wine labels once bland, are now a unique place to showcase artists. Here are a few of our favourites: Chateau Mouton Rothschild, (...) Bonny Doon Vineyard, (...) Blasted Church Vineyards (...)" -Wine Tidings, July/August 2003 |