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News Release from: Harlands Labels
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 May 2007
Harlands create labels for whisky
Harlands Labels has created the labels for Inver House Distillers and North Highland Products first ever North Highland Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, Barrogill.
Barrogill is a unique blend from single malts from distilleries situated in the North Highlands of Scotland and is named after the castle's royal heritage HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay selected the final blend of malts which make up Barrogill Whisky
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The labels created by Harlands are printed in 5 colours with gold foil and varnish.
They feature a watercolour of the Castle of Mey by His Royal Highness, who launched the North Highland Initiative from which the Mey Selections brand has grown.
The Castle of Mey was previously named Barrogill, and was saved from disrepair by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1952.
The castle is now managed the Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust.
Barrogill is part of the prestigious Mey Selections range of food and drink products, and so Harlands had to create labels that authentically represented the luxury nature of the brand.
Harlands wide range of experience in the luxury drinks market meant that they were the perfect partner for Inver House in their creation of this new whisky brand.
Ian Wright, Managing Director of Harlands commented "The chance to work with such a prestigious brand was a privilege for Harlands.
We had to maintain the strong identity of the brand, as well as ensuring the labels were of a extremely high quality to fit with the luxury nature of the whisky.
Gareth Stanley, Brand Manager for Barrogill commented "Harlands has a great reputation of creating high quality, luxury labels, and they created a label for Barrogill which really supports its position in the market as a luxury whisky, blended from the finest selection of single malts" Harlands Labels, based in Hull are one of the UK's leading producers of printed self adhesive labelling solutions and have developed many label ranges that meet the needs of specific market sectors including health and beauty, toiletries, alcoholic beverages and premium food.
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