Johnnie Walker
Johnnie Walker’s Blue Label Lunar New Year whisky. PHOTO: JOHNNIE WALKER
Scotch brand Johnnie Walker’s Blue Label whisky rarely disappoints – the premium whisky label blends and bottles some of Scotland’s rarest and most luxurious liquids, and the limited editions always come in beautiful packaging.
This festive season, the brand has teamed up with Taiwanese-American artist James Jean, perhaps best known for his award-winning cover art for comics such as The Umbrella Academy and Batgirl, as well as for designing the poster of Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022).
Jean’s artwork for the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Lunar New Year ($360 a bottle) layers the wood dragon with floral imagery, using the signature Blue Label colours of blue and gold.
He says: “There are hidden elements in the picture as well – layers to be discovered, just like the layers in this incredible whisky. I included chrysanthemums, from which flow liquid gold – inspired by Johnnie Walker whiskies – and hummingbirds sipping on the precious nectar.”
The bottle is available at specialist alcohol retailers such as
1855 The Bottle Shop.