Santi - Italian Wine/Bitter Grapes (Print Ad) (2004) (US)

When the creatives are bitter and jaded, it shows in their ads.

This is not Venice.
It's a studio in Queens.
They're not flirting with the charming Italian waiter.
They're models, they laugh at anything.

But the wine is Italian.

Santi

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Submitted by dabitch on 13. June 2004 - 13:54.
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... would alert the readers to the fact that the wine is dyed water. ;) *hahaha*

Submitted by deeped on 13. June 2004 - 14:14.
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I spot a new trend in advertising: truth-telling :D
I think the copy is splendid :)

Submitted by caffeinegoddess on 13. June 2004 - 16:09.
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Nice copy...I like the honesty approach.

Submitted by CopyWhore on 14. June 2004 - 13:38.
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Rather nice ad.

A bit like Gary Goldsmith's Everlast ad a decade back. "We could pay athletes to wear our clothes. We could also pay them to wear dresses." Well, the line was something like that. But anything that acknowledges the absurdity of paying beautiful people to create aspiration is good in my book...

Submitted by willybobo123 on 14. June 2004 - 17:41.
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Models? Um...in what sense? Hand?

A shame the budget could not afford sweeter eye candy.

Submitted by yaksox on 15. June 2004 - 0:37.
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Hehe. Very, um, deconstructionist.

Submitted by sangsara on 15. June 2004 - 4:34.
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love it, would like to see more of this happening. a new wave of advertising that desensitizes consumers to deception might result in some interesting new directions later on. of course, getting established clients to undercut the foundations of their precious brands will be hard. but perhaps a push by younger, more versatile identities will corner them into considering it.

Submitted by willybobo123 on 15. June 2004 - 16:18.
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That last comment must have come from an acount person. Jesus, I haven't read so much jargon in a pair of sentences since my last briefing.

Submitted by kamari on 16. June 2004 - 19:03.
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The only redeeming line here is "They're models, they laugh at anything."

Submitted by sangsara on 17. June 2004 - 9:30.
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Haha, no I'm not. I'm a professional jargonator.

Submitted by Hilera on 24. November 2007 - 17:10.
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me gustó mucho el cierre del copy

Submitted by dabitch on 27. November 2007 - 16:51.
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Glad you thought so wineblogger (though I'm not sure what that means), thanks for the link.

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