Forgive me Mr. DaVinci for borrowing your vitruvian man but Amarone is an Italian wine. The other label is also a DaVinci sketch. Amarone is a potent red wine, about 15% alcohol. The grapes are harvested then placed on straw mats to dry out, or "raisin", concentrating the sugar content. To me it tastes like a dry but sweet wine.
I googled abstract art and chose this for a label. I've gotten several compliments on this label. I donated almost all of this cab to fundraisers.
I grew up watching Elmer Fudd continually being frustrated by Bugs Bunny so I felt it was Elmer's turn to shine instead of being made to look silly. Elmer and his stwawbewwy woobawb wine won a third place bronze at the 2007 Cowie Wine Festival, Paris Arkansas.
I wish all labels were as easy to find as this one. I also wish I had some of this wine left.
Another of my Old World look labels. This is a deliciously sweet wine that didn't last long.
A ready made label, I only had to insert the cellars ab Michael. I like the Old World look.
Another example of Debbie's computer skills in this label was inserting the pink muscat next to the grapes making it look like it had been there from the beginning. Muscat is a sweet dessert wine. When we vacationed in Spain a small glass of muscat came at the end of each meal.
The label with the bowl of fruit has a greenish tint to it due to the printer ink cartridge being almost empty but I think it worked out OK. The other label with the grapevines and grapes is a digital picture Debbie took while we were on the SW Michigan Wine Tasting Tour. This is my most asked for wine, I have made more of this than any other wine, five batches. In 2006 it won a gold medal at the WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Competition.
This is the same label I used for my Sauvignon Blanc label. This wine won a first place best in class at the 2006 Cowie Wine Festival, Paris Arkansas.
After alot of internet searching I couldn't find a good example of celery for a label, so because it is a white wine I settled for white grapes. Celery is just boring so to spruce up the celery image, I used the French translation on the label. Celery's reputation was further boosted when my Vin de Celeri won a silver medal at the 2006 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition. Yeah, celery!!
This label is how grapes were traditionally harvested and still are today in many vineyards. My French Merlot won a bronze medal at the 2006 Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Competition and a 1st Place Best in Class, at the 2005 Cowie Wine Festival.
A nice landscape picture with the sun setting, highlighting the clouds and reflecting off the water, makes for a nice wine label. My "Zin" won a silver medal at the 2005 Indiana State Fair, first place best in class at the 2005 Cowie Wine Festival, Paris Arkansas, and a bronze medal at the Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Amateur Wine Competition.
