Collotype was chosen as Best Label Supplier by Vineyard & Winery Management magazine readers and the industry at large in their recent “Best Wine Industry Suppliers 2013” survey.

Collotype Labels, the leading global wine and spirits label supplier, wins top awards in a recent competition. 

• 3 First Place Awards for Jackson Triggs, Farella and Wren Hop (Collotype Digital)
• Farella and Wrep Hope won BEST in CLASS for their categories

For further information on digital labels:
Dan Welty
Digital Print Manager
Collotype Digital
21684 8th Street East
Sonoma, CA 95476
(707) 603-1653
www.collotypedigital.com
dan.welty@collotype.com

For the second year in a row, Collotype was chosen as Best Label Supplier by Vineyard & Winery Management magazine readers and the industry at large in their recent “Best Wine Industry Suppliers 2014” survey.  

This honor reinforces the fact that the market recognizes our dedication to providing the world's best premium wine label solutions day in and day out!

Please join us May 6-8 at BOOTH #121 at the Craft Beverage Expo held at the San Jose Convention Center.  We would love to show you how we provide the World's Best Premium Label Solutions for craft brewers, vintners and distllers around the globe.

See you there!

The Premier Print Award Competition recognizes the highest quality printed pieces in various categories from around the world. Each year, only the most worthy pieces receive Awards of Recognition, Certificates of Merit, and the highest honor—the Benny statue. The Benny has become a universally recognized symbol for excellence in the printing industry and this year, Collotype received a Benny!

“The entire team at Collotype works on every project as if it were an award-winning piece. To actually win a Benny is just the icing on the cake!”  David Buse, President

This year’s winning entry was Farella

Collotype Labels won  Best of Show and   Best of Class in the recent TLMI print competition for the Girl & Dragonlabel.   Collotype also received Best of Class- Digital for Freakshow and  Best of Class - Offset -Wine & Spirits for Pacific Rim Riesling.

The competition featured hundreds of entries from around the globe.

Visit the Collotype booth and learn more about our new facestock- 'Marble'.  It has the durablitly of a film but the look and feel of paper.  You'll love what it can do for your packaing!

For the THIRD year in a row, Collotype has been named BEST LABEL SUPPLIER in Vineyard & Winery Management magazine’s survey.  This honor is based on responses from over 1,000 industry professionals as part of the the magazine's annual survey.

 FROM THE ARTICLE...

“Customers call out the printer’s “consistent quality,” “beautiful labels,” and the staff’s willingness to go “above and beyond” in the delivery of “great service.” They also appreciate Collotype’s attention to “deadlines and customer communication.”

"We are thrilled to have received this recognition for the third strait year", said David Buse, Collotype's President.  We have a team that works tirelessly to deliver the worlds best premium label solutions and this honor speaks volumes in our success in doing just that."

Collotype Labels won numerous awards as part of TLMI's (Tag & Label Manufacturing Institute) 38th Annual Label Awards Competition.  Two stand-outs were the BEST IN CLASS awards for Tres Manos tequila (Digital Wine & Spirits) and Hidden Crush (Offset Wine & Spirits).

Multi-Color Wine & Spirits was awarded the Benny Award for its reproduction of professional golf pro Cristie Kerr's wine label, Kerr Cellars at the 67th Annual Premier Print Award Competition. The elegant design created by Madeleine Corson Design of San Francisco utilizes a heavy, textured paper and metallic foils to accentuate the uniqueness of the brand image. The label was selected from a field of 3,000 world-wide entries in the June 2016 judging of the Premier Print Awards.

The Premier Print Awards, the world's most prestigious international print competition, recognizes the highest quality printed pieces from around the globe. The competition's highest honor is the Benny Award. The Benny is universally recognized as the symbol for excellence in the printing industry.

Earlier this Spring, Multi-Color Wine & Spirits earned the Grand Award for its reproduction of the Magna Porcum label in addition to 10 Gold, 6 Silver and 1 Bronze awards for a host of other labels at this year's Visual Media Alliance printing competition.

With these significant victories, Multi-Color continues its tradition as the most awarded label printer in the world.  Contact Multi-Color Wine & Spirits to see how we can bring award winning craftsmanship to your label! 707-603-2500

Multi-Color Corporation Wine & Spirits Division(MCC) earned top honors at the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute(TLMI) Annual Label Awards, winning four of the seven major categories.

Leading the way at the October 18^th event was the 2016 Best of Show award for theGirl & Dragon Malbec label, which was also recognized as the 2016 Best of Class: Flexo Wine & Spirits.

The Precision Red Wine label, earned the 2016 Best of Class: Digital, while the Hertelendy label earned 2016 Best of Class: Offset Wine & Spirits.

The annual TLMI Label Awards showcases printing excellence from around the world. The competition aims to recognize innovative printing and technical achievement.  This year’s winners were selected from a field of over 225 entries.

To see how MCC Wine & Spirits can apply award winning execution and innovation to your label, visit the MCC booth at this year’s North Coast Wine Industry EXPO on December 1. 

To view other great MCC labels, visit the Multi-Color BrandNews tab on its WIN Company Profile page. BrandNews features outstanding and cutting-edge label designs from around the world.

Contact MCC at 707-603-2500 or www.mcclabel.com before your start your next label project.

  
Girl & Dragon                              Precision                                                             Hertelendy

The world's best ice bucket label solution just got better! Introducing KILLER WHITE Water-Tight 24, the only wine label paper that looks great in an ice bucket for up to 24 hours.

Exclusively offered by MCC, KILLER WHITE Water-Tight 24 delivers the most comprehensive solution to the problem of bubbling and graying that occurs when ordinary wine label papers are immersed in ice buckets.

Even at 24 hours in an ice bucket, KILLER WHITE Water-Tight 24 remains white, the printing remains clear and vibrant and it remains on the bottle!

Visit our Unified Wine & Grape Symposium booth #517 or contact us at 707-603-2500 for samples and more information on how your wine label can benefit by being printed on KILLER WHITE Water-Tight 24!

Shrink sleeves offer a 360 degree, top to bottom canvas for you to display your graphics and point-of-sale content to customers. Shrink sleeve technology involves printing designs on a film and then shrinking it to fit a variety of containers –including glass, plastic, and metal. Ink is printed under the exposed film so bold, high-impact designs are protected from scuffing – ensuring your designs look great from production to consumer.

Shrink sleeves are also a cost effective option for producers who do not want to invest in high quantities of pre-printed cans. Maintain flexibility by printing various designs and prototyping your project with Multi-Color shrink sleeve technology. 

To learn more, visit our website at http://shrinksleeveprinting.com/, or contact our shrink sleeve expert Perla Soto at perla.soto@mcclabel.com.

Looking for a way to engage customers and stand out on the shelf? At Multi-Color, we offer clients a variety of unique stocks to enhance their brand image and capture attention – some of the substrates are made of materials so unusual, you may have to see to believe. 

Veneer Wood Grain

This real wood veneer label material has a smooth surface, with enough texture to demonstrate it is real. The wood grain stock comes in Cheery Wood and Birch. The stock can be foiled and printed on, but it cannot be embossed or debossed.

Alpha Cowhide

This luxury brand stock replicates the look of leather. It is soft to the touch, with a gloss finish and contains no solvents or heavy metals, making it both sophisticated and sustainable.

Velvet

Velvet stock offers a chic, elevated feel to any design. This stock comes in red, purple, and brown. It can be foiled and embossed for added shelf appeal.

Black Vellum

Black Vellum is a great option for brands whose designs have a black background. Printing black ink on a white stock can lead to scuffing issues, or a white edge around the label. Thereby, diminishing the look of a sleek onyx design. Using Black Vellum is a way to avoid these problems altogether, since the stock itself is black.

Tweed

Looking for a unique textured stock to set your brand apart? Tweed paper is made of pure cellulose and is embossed off-machine in a textile design. It can be foiled, embossed, debossed, and spot glossed.

Royal White

Enhance your shelf appeal with this bright white, seventy pound stock. With added wet strength, this paper increases resistance to tearing and wrinkling when the label is exposed to moisture.

Learn more about our innovative label solutions at http://www.mcclabel.com/napa_sonoma or contact us today, mark.schmick@mcclabel.com. 

Multi-Color Napa now offers premium folding cartons! Our sheet-fed printing platform produces folding cartons that can be embellished with hot-foil stamping, multi-level embossing, and spot varnishes; thereby, providing customers with more decorative options for their folded packaging. Additionally, graphics can be printed on both the outside and inside of the finished cartons allowing more space for brand messaging and product information.

MCC Napa's premium folding cartons are best suited for brand owners looking to elevate and differentiate their brand’s packaging. Brands and products that require small, highly embellished folding containers – such as cosmetics, gourmet food, and cannabis – are a great fit for the decorative capabilities our printing team can offer. View examples here.

Capabilities:

• Foil stamping
• Emboss and deboss
• Spot varnishes
• Self-locking or adhesive closure configurations

To learn more about folding cartons, contact a team member for questions and samples.

Specialty Inks

If you are looking for a way to engage customers with your brand, consider using specialty inks that bring your label to life. Want your label to turn a different color when it’s hot or cold or shift color when sunlight hits it? All that and more is possible with thermochromic, photochromic, black light activated, and glow in the dark inks.      

Thermochromic Ink

Thermochromic ink changes color when exposed to different temperatures. It is used by brands as a visual cue to let customers know when a product is hot or cold. For example, the Hertelendy Chardonnay pictured has a crest that turns purple when the wine is chilled and ready to drink, and it's colorless when the wine is not cold. The temperature at which the thermochromic ink changes can be customized to give customers a visual cue of when their wine or beer is at the perfect degree. Colors for thermochromic ink range from colorless to red, blue, orange, pink, and more.

Photochromic Ink

Photochromic ink changes color when exposed to sunlight. The ink can be applied via flexo, silk screen and offset printing presses. Photochromic ink is great for seasonal promotions during spring and summer that encourage people to grab their favorite wine and picnic outside. Photochromic ink creates a unique experience for customers that can increase sales and brand recognition.

Security/Black Light Ink

Ink activated by black light can serve multiple functions – from fun promotions to security. Promote your brand at bars and nightclubs by creating a design that glows under black light to make an interesting attention-grabbing display. Additionally, you can utilize black light ink as an economical security feature by including hidden designs on your labels that can only by illuminated by black light. Color options include blue, red, and yellow/green and can be applied via flexo, offset, and screen printing.

Glow in the Dark Ink

Glow in the dark ink illuminates after being charged by indoor lighting. The strength of the glow is dependent on how much ink is applied to the label via screen or flexo printing. Whether you are promoting your brand as the perfect addition to a Halloween party or camping trip, glow in the dark ink allows consumers to interact and have fun with your brand. The main color option for glow ink is green, however orange and pink will be available soon!

For questions about available color options or samples, contact our team today or visit our website.

Printing embellishments are proven to elevate your label’s appearance and properly applied, embellishments help your label stand out in a crowded retail space. They may also add unplanned cost and complexity to the printing process. When this happens, what are your options?

Using a unique label stock is one way to upgrade your label, but the cost and order minimums may be prohibitive. If this is the case choose a cost-effective, readily available label stock and add a custom texture. This adds a premium look and feel to the label yet leaves room to spend on other impactful print techniques that elevate the look of a label.

Foil stamping is a tried and true premium embellishment. Screen gloss inks and/or high-build screen inks are a great way to give the look of a foil stamp or emboss without having to buy a foil or emboss die.  Want the look of two foil elements on your label and you only have the budget for one? If so, consider using one foil for all foil elements of the label and overprinting ink on portions of the foil to show multiple foil ‘looks’.   

These are just a few options to consider when you are looking to get the most out of your label embellishment spend. Whatever your vision, project objectives, or budget MCC Napa has the capabilities to ensure the best fit for every label.   Our goal is to provide the world’s best premium label solution.

Backed by over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions.

You’ve worked hard to get your product in the bottle. Let our wide range of solutions and innovations ensure the label helps it shine. MCC offers value-added services—from concept to commercialization—to ensure the highest-quality graphic reproduction. Set your label apart with textured substrates, metallic and specialty inks, foils, embossments, smart labels, and more.

Multi-Color Corporation
WIN Expo Booth: 127

Multi-Color Corporation (MCC), established in 1916, is the global leader in prime label solutions, with approximately $3 billion in annual revenue supporting a number of the world’s most prominent brands across end-categories including food and beverages, home and personal care, wine and spirits, and other specialties. Based in Chicago, MCC serves national and international brand owners across its global footprint with a comprehensive range of the latest label technologies in pressure sensitive, cut and stack, roll-fed, in-mold, shrink sleeve and heat transfer applications. MCC employs approximately 12,000 associates across more than 90 facilities in over 30 countries.

Backed by over a century of printing experience, MCC is focused on the future by developing consumer-driven innovations and sustainable packaging solutions.

You’ve worked hard to get your product in the bottle. Let our wide range of solutions and innovations ensure the label helps it shine. MCC offers value-added services—from concept to commercialization—to ensure the highest-quality graphic reproduction. Set your label apart with textured substrates, metallic and specialty inks, foils, embossments, smart labels, and more.

Multi-Color Corporation
Unified Symposium Booth: 925

Multi-Color Corporation (MCC), established in 1916, is the global leader in prime label solutions, with approximately $3 billion in annual revenue supporting a number of the world’s most prominent brands across end-categories including food and beverages, home and personal care, wine and spirits, and other specialties. Based in Chicago, MCC serves national and international brand owners across its global footprint with a comprehensive range of the latest label technologies in pressure sensitive, cut and stack, roll-fed, in-mold, shrink sleeve and heat transfer applications. MCC employs approximately 12,000 associates across more than 90 facilities in over 30 countries.