REDEFINING QUALITY FROM CANE TO CUP

Appleton® Estate Jamaica Rum has unveiled a new look for its premium rum range.  While making no changes to the award-winning liquid, Appleton Estate announced a new naming classification and packaging design for its core range that conveys the quality, care and passion that goes into producing these premium rums and emphasizes the crafted blends that fill each bottle. The new packaging will make its way to store shelves in the U.S. this June.
 
Richard Black, Global Integration Director for Rums at Gruppo Campari explains, “We wanted the new packaging to capture the craftsmanship and exceptional quality of our range and to celebrate the uniqueness of the Appleton Estate, including our heritage, our land, our process and our people.”
 
Adds Appleton Estate Master Blender Joy Spence, “Although the names and packaging for our three core variants have changed, the award winning liquid inside the bottle remains the same. While packaging trends come and go, there is no cause to change a finely crafted rum that dates back 265 years.”
 
Appleton Estate makes some of the world’s finest rums, which is in part attributable to the fact that each step of the rum-making process occurs on Estate-owned property. From the growing and pressing of sugar cane to distillation and aging, Appleton Estate Jamaican rum is 100 percent Jamaican from “cane to cup.”
 
· Bottle: Appleton Estate’s iconic bottle, which has been a hallmark of the brand since it was first launched, has been retained to provide consumers with a familiar visual cue.
· Closure: The cap now includes the signature of Master Blender Joy Spence, the first female Master Blender in the spirits industry, to reinforce Appleton Estate’s crafted approach to producing rum. “Estate Distilled” & “Jamaica Rum” are repeated at the base of the closure to highlight the brand’s Estate and Jamaican provenance.
· Cartouche: The names of the variants have been moved from the cartouche to the main label, and Appleton Estate’s rich heritage as a rum producing establishment since 1749 is now highlighted on the cartouche.
· Label: The new label now features the lush landscape of the Appleton Estate and Jamaica’s world-famous Cockpit Country, where the Estate is located. Historic medals awarded to Appleton Estate, which date back to the 1800’s, are featured on the bottom left of the label, and Appleton Estate’s heart icon appears as a watermark on the bottom right.
· Logo: The Appleton Estate logo has been updated with the new “heart icon” and the words “Crafted in the heart of Jamaica” have been placed under it to speak to the care and passion that goes into making Appleton Estate rum. This icon is also found on Appleton Estate barrelheads, signifying the love and human craftsmanship that goes into making every barrel. The geographical location of the Appleton Estate, in the heart of Jamaica, has been added as well.
 
The names, packaging and liquid for our luxury brands, Appleton Estate 21 Year Old Jamaica Rum and Appleton Estate 50 Year Old Jamaica Rum, will not be changing at all.
 
With the packaging refresh, Appleton Estate is also updating the names of three of its core products to give them more defined profiles and clearer denomination.