Corona Extra is expanding the Corona mindset to surprising places this fall with a new ad campaign for the USA that goes beyond the beach. The debut TV spot, called «Moments,» features a montage of scenes with people relaxing with their Corona Extras, but at fresh, unexpected places—from a mountain vista to a Big Sur cliff to a New York City rooftop. The spot closes on a couple on the iconic Corona beach, with the new tagline «Find Your Beach.»

Absolut Vodka, which is well-known for its creative collaborations in Canada as well as around the globe, arranged a new event,  Absolut St.Art, which took art outdoors, or, more preciously, to the upper sections of the nine-storey garage, turning the auto parking space in Toronto into an art gallery and an awesome party venue. Absolut teamed up with Vision|Co, which helped arrange the whole thing literally on the top level.

Grey Goose vodka, in partnership with Chopard, created of an exclusive limited edition bottle stopper to celebrate the jeweller’s 150th Anniversary. Designed to decorate a magnum-sized bottle of Grey Goose vodka, the bottle stopper—aptly named “Elegance”—received its world premiere at an exclusive event at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in May and is currently available at luxury Paris liquor stores Lafayette Gourmet, Lavinia and La Grande Epicerie. “Elegance” is also coming to selected events being held worldwide as part of Chopard’s anniversary celebrations.

This fall, Campari’s SKYY Blue Vodka RTD range got a new ‘outfit,’ designed by the Sydney-based graphic design agency The Saltmine, which won the business in a competitive pitch. The label designs are clear, creating a crisp effect against the brand’s iconic blue glass bottle. They also highlight the product’s USP of being triple filtered and quadruple distilled, producing less sweetness and fizz to appeal to a more unisex target than other RTDs.

Smirnoff© unveiled its global campaign, “The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project.”  Continuing on a mission to inspire and enable more one-of-a-kind experiences, this bold attempt will see 14 countries work with respected nightlife figures to discover and celebrate the best elements of their country’s nightlife. These ideas will be captured online, packed-up in a crate and transformed into exciting event experiences. In an epic finale on November 27, the world will swap nights, with each country exchanging the best of their nightlife with that of another.

Guinness® launched the Guinness Pro Challenge, a national contest to find consumers bold enough to go head-to-head with professional football legend Jerome «The Bus» Bettis. Consumers can share their most memorable athletic moment of character and courage at www.Guinness.com for the chance to win a trip to Dallas the week of pro football’s post-season finale and take on Bettis in a head-to-head Guinness pint pouring competition.

The Glenfiddich Distillery Gallery in Dufftown, Speyside, opened the second exhibition of work created by artists participating in its 2010 Residency program. The exhibition, which opened on Friday, August 27, features new pieces by five of the internationally-acclaimed artists currently living and working at The Glenfiddich Distillery: Damian Moppett (Canada), Carrie Iverson (USA), Shiau-Peng Chen (Taiwan), Matthew Sandager (USA) and Hayoung Kim (South Korea).