Onion Wine

This label is another I have used on other wine labels. I took it as a challenge to make some onion wine, using sweet onions and making the wine finish sweet. It doesn't sound appealing at all but tastes much better than it sounds, the trick being to not tell your guests what they are drinking until after they have tried it. I got many compliments about my onion wine. At the 2006 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition it won a gold medal concordance, which means it was best in its class (non fruit) and was judged good enough to be entered in the best of show or best overall of all 28 categories of entered wines. And to think that I nearly threw it all out because while stirring the wine I knocked a hole in the side of the glass carboy container, spilling most of it on the floor, managing to save about 10 bottles of the wine.

Tomato Wine

The tomato wine label is from the humorous art category made to fit my wine. It finished as a dry blush wine and won a gold medal at the 2005 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition and a 2nd place silver at the 2006 Cowie Wine Festival, Paris Arkansas.

Sparkling Wine

Champagne comes from the region of France, the rest is sparkling wine, but it all gets called Champagne. My wine was made for our daughter's wedding. It is off-dry which means it is slightly sweet. I custom ordered the labels. Sparkling wine isn't difficult to make, every new batch of wine I make I experiment and bottle two bottles in the heavy champagne bottles to see if it will be sparkling wine and if it will be drinkable. I also bag the bottles in case of an explosion, which has been known to happen!

Cranberry Wine

Another re-print label from an example of abstract art. Cranberry wine as you can imagine is very tart tasting so I sweetened mine and it turned out to be delicious. I'll be making more very soon. This wine won a second place/silver at the Cowie Wine Cellars & Vineyards International Amateur Competition, Paris Arkansas, in April 2008.

Kiwi Pear Sauvignon Blanc

This label is a copy of a still life water color I thought quite attractive, and it has a pear in it. I made this wine last winter, bottled it in Jan. and it is almost all gone. Somebody likes it!

Corvina Classico

This is another label I previously used and liked so I thought I would try it again but make it just a little different. Corvina is an Italian wine, full bodied and a deep ruby red color. I'm presently aging some Corvina and plan on entering some competitions in a year. In April 2008 my Corvina won a third place/Bronze at the Cowie Wine Cellars & Vineyards International Amateur Wine Competition, at Paris Arkansas.

Muller Thurgau

This label is from a business that sells decorative ceramic tiles for the home. Again I liked the old world look to it. Muller Thurgau, pronounced mooler-ter-go is another example of great tasting German wine. Slightly sweet and fruity tasting leaving a very pleasant after taste. One of my favorite wines, in April 2008 it was awarded Best in Class at Cowie Wine Cellars & Vineyards International Amateur Competition.

Gewurztraminer

Ever wonder how this is pronounced? Gah-verts-trah-meener, there! This also was a pinot noir label that I liked with some fancy trim work around the edges. Each label was hand trimmed. Gewurztraminer is made from the traminer grape and has an off dry and spicy bouquet taste. Excellent with white meat, some call it turkey wine.