VAN HALEN NEWS DESK

Cabo Wabo bottle redesign

July 20, 2009 43 Comments

new_bottles

Sammy posted this today:

Sammy here,

Wanting to make sure you all heard about my new bottle design for Cabo Wabo tequila. I thought it was time to kick it once more and I asked the same guys who have been designing my album and CD covers for years to make this happen. The new design is a little of Mexico and a whole lot of kick ass Rock and Roll. It’s a nod to the artisinal nature of the original bottle but more refined and I wanted it given a shot of rock and roll energy that is 100% Cabo Wabo. The best thing is that while the look of the bottle is new, the liquid inside is the same hand-crafted, amazing tequila it has always been.

I’m excited about the new look, and hope everyone digs it as much as I do! Cabo Wabo rocks the world!

Sammy Hagar

See the different Cabo Wabo bottle designs through the years, at TequilaSource.com.

Filed Under: Cabo Wabo

Kayser Sozay

I don’t know Sam. The new bottles have a nice clean look but it seems like the newer refined design is just following the pack of other premium tequilas out there. I liked the newer blue bottle design. It stood out from the others even if it didn’t look as classy.
http://www.myspace.com/danwilhite dan

I like the original bottle design best.
Harry Ballsonya

Sweet! I have all 3 already!
paulgioia

Your money in my pocket rocks the world even more!!!!!!
Myron Philpot

Does the world really need another premium tequila in a tinted bottle with a label designed by album sleeve artists?
Sean

The old labels were cool. Something different. This one looks very corporatey and un-Sammy. I don’t like it. At all!! Bottle must be blue!
Top Jimmy

WTF? I’m not usually one of these guys who criticize the postings on here but Sammy’s tequila bottle redesign? That’s a stretch.
Kimberly

Hmm..I don’t know if I like it..its okay tho!
http://www.keefermadness.com Keefer

I like the older two designs a lot better. Have to agree with Kayser Sozay. This is a nice clean look, but it just puts it as a look-alike for everything else on the shelf.
William

I think this “news” should have been posted in the VH store, and not on the VHND. Sorry, but the redesign of a tequila bottle just doesn’t cut it as news. Must be a very slow news day.

P.S. I still like Sammy/Van Halen/Chickenfoot.
SCAR

When tequila is as good as Cabo is, the label design is just not that important!!!!
walteR

I bet Kimberly is a hottie
Kimberly
http://None Ducky / Dirty Duck

Thank you jimmy buffett!
David Alexander, Toulca Lake

Sammy, Cabo is about RUSTIC beauty, not streamlined.

Your label/bottle doe not fit the “brand” of “Cabo Wabo”.

Should have gone with something more handblown or artisian style. But Im sure that would cost more dinero.

Looks more like Brentwood Wabo.

Gated Community Wabo.

Get back to your roots Sammy.
phil

i love tequila!
Brett

I hate the new bottle and label. The old blue bottle was so unique!
Big AL

I bet Kimberly’s a 45 year old man, laughing his ASS off at all you horn dog’s!!

You should’nt have changed the bottle and deffinetly don’t change the TASTE!!!!!
ben

This new design sucks big time, the other one was better, anyways I hate tequila!
RickieVanWhalen

Sinking to a new low I see. I can top it: I would love to do endless shots of this crap using Kimberly’s legs for the salt!
Matt from Australia

“cabo Wabo rocks the world”….yeah right. Just another lame attempt to grab peoples hard earned cash. Seriously – who would get excited over a new bottle design?
Sammy Hagar = Money grabber
Bosox

Ya the old bottle was awesome. Embodied Mexico the new label look like an attempt to be cool. The suits are fucking with the product.
Frank

The new bottles are horrible…Thank God I saved my old bottles…I’ll just have to refill them and toss out the new bottles.
http://www.myspace.com/aarxn aarxn82

who the flip cares? ugh
Keith

Yo VHND !!! W.T.F. ???
Rocko

Sammy and Cabo is Cool but I don’t think the new Tequila bottle design is news to me.
The Doctor

Well, this is a perfect example of what happens when you sell out to a multi-national liquor consortium……bland.

Not that there’s anything wrong with making a buck. What are some of you negative nancys? Commies?

No wonder the economy went down the drain!
Pete

I love Sammy too, and I love Cabo Wabo, but I agree…this is not really news I suppose…
Kayser Sozay

I bet even Sammy thinks the new bottle design is far less rock and roll than the old one. A big reminder of how he gave up control of the product in exchange for that $80 million. But so what when you consider the 20% stake he kept will soon be worth what the 80% stake he sold was worth. Ka-ching!
EBMusicMan

This is almost as exciting as when Ed came out with his own line of shoes! Zzzzzzzzz

The bottle is even shaped like Hagar…portly.
Jor-L5150

LOVE it. very sharp .

( btw- i have worked in graphics/logo design /sign making etc and it’s just my opinion , but i understand graphics and this is a nice change of look , don’t worry – it’ll continue to evolve like all logo’s do )
Harry Ballsonya

Once again let’s bash Sammy for doing something!

But if Eddie put out Eruption penis pills it would be alright? Ya know, with the famous striped logo on them!

Get over yourselves and don’t post here if you don’t like it! I have all 3 bottles and every one made since they were put out!
Sh*t Talker Funky Walker

If I recall, during the F.U.C.K. tour, wasn’t it Sammy who was sporting the yellow denim jacket with some corporate logo on the back. I knew the moment that he signed off the end of the show as “The Red Rocker Sammy Hagar” that this train was pulling into the station sooner than later. Even his T-shirts and red sunglasses he wore on stage had “Red” plastered all over them. Sammy is all about the fans alright…as long as they keep pumping their money into his fat pockets. I like Sammy as a vocalist. Just don’t piss down my leg and tell me it’s raining either. Fans my ass, it’s all about the bennies. Those Lamborghini’s ain’t free, aye Sammy??
non-stop talker

It always bugs me when talented musicians invest their money into major businesses that have absolutely nothing to do with the artistry that originally made them famous. I know that T-shirts don’t have any direct connection to music, but at least they’re a way of showing that you’re proud to be a fan; and they’re sold at concerts. But what does tequila have to do with music? Or what, for than matter, does perfume have to do with music? But I guess if it tastes good or smells good, why not? I’m just not a big fan of tequila or perfume, I suppose. I did order a pair of Eddie’s shoes. At least the striped pattern on them has something to do with his music; since it’s similar to the pattern he had on the guitars he played with. But if I drank Cabo Wabo it wouldn’t make me think of music.
retupmoc

Sammy – don’t try to sell the new label design as something *new* and *cool*. Admit it. It’s a cost cutting move. Simple paper label, cork not embossed, cheap looking compared to the old designs.
CaboDave99

Sammy, I am one of your biggest fan. I even have a large 3Gen logo tattoo on my shoulder that you have seen many times.

I must say though, the new bottle design does not give the Cabo Wabo lifestyle justice! Where are the famous blue repo bottles? Is Campari making you save money? The white bottles and the cheesy stuck on labels reminds me of the Cuervo crap bottles. Please go back to blue bottles.
imgoinmad

it’s much worse than a lable/bottle change the tequila is completely different. The blue bottle was always the nicest smoothest tequila, the clear bottle with the blue label tastes quite a bit different, it makes you gag, it is not smooth.
cabouno

I’m glad they changed the labels! It gave me an excuse to finally run around and hunt down a set of the old brown, blue & clear old bottles cuz the new bottles suck! haha – not hand blown, no color… what’s there to like?
chris

I hate the new bland bottle, go back to blue Sammy!
Ole Geezer

I am a huge Cabo fan… I strongly agree, bring back the colored glass bottles and painted labels!

Respectively, Old Geezer
http://noelvestridesigns.com Noel Vestri

I want to thank everyone who liked the old bottle design because I designed the logo!!

Thanks for your support!!
cynthia lerfield

I am so dissapointed. You not only
changed the bottle but also the tequila
All we drink (used to) is Cabo Wabo Respada.
It’s definately changed, you can line up 6 glasses – 5 new 1 old and anyone 5can pick out the old blue glass Respado.
We have bought up all the local old Cabo Wabo now we have to move on………..we have been to many tequila tasting tours in Mexico, and were so surprised how the old cabo wabo compared to some very expensive tequila…..it’s a shame
cynthia lerfield

Have to add ….WILL NOT drink the new Cabo Wabo…..just reminds me how smooth it used to be