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.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Cabernet Sauvignon
Strawberry Rhubarb Wine
Pink Muscat
Green Apple Riesling
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.
Strawberry White Merlot
Celery Wine
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!!
French Merlot
Old Vines Zinfandel
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.
Peach Apricot Chardonnay
This has been a much requested wine by friends and family. A great summer wine, chilled or on ice. These labels were entirely Debbie's creation. In 2004 this wine won a silver medal at The Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition. The 2007 vintage won a bronze medal at the Home Wine and Beer Trade Association's amateur wine competition in April 2008.
Chardonnay
This label is another example from one of my favorite artists, Alphonse Mucha. There were 6 separate layers used to make this label. My Chardonnay won 3 bronze medals in 2003, The Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition, WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Competition, and The Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Competition. Chardonnay is and has been an extremely popular wine, with hints of butter and oak flavors.
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Medals
Gold Medals
- Green Apple Riesling - 2006 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- Strawberry White Merlot - Cowie Wine Festival, Paris, Arkansas
- Onion Wine - Gold Concordance, 2006 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- French Merlot - 2005 Cowie Wine Festival, Paris, Arkansas
- Old Vines Zinfandel - 2005 Cowie Wine Festival, Paris, Arkansas
- Tomato Wine - 2005 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- May Port - 2003 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- Piesporter - 2002 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
Silver Medals
- Piesporter - 2006 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- Celery Wine - 2006 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- Old Vines Zinfandel - 2005 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- Yamhill County Pinot Noir - 2005 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition 2006 Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Amateur Wine Competition
- Tomato Wine - Cowie International Amateur Wine Festival, Paris, Arkansas
- Pinotage Cabernet - 2006 Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Amateur Wine Competition
- Blackberry Port - 2005 Cowie Wine Festival
- Blackberry Port - 2005 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- White Zinfandel - 2005 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Competition
- Peach Apricot Chardonnay - 2004 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- Marilyn Merlot - 2004 Indiana State Fair
- Pinotage Cabernet- 2004 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- White Zinfandel - 2004 Indiana State Fair
- Burgundy - 2003 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- Pinot Noir - 2003 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
Bronze Medals
- Ice Wine Style Port - 2007 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- Strawberry Rhubarb Wine - 2007 Cowie Wine Festival, Paris, Arkansas
- French Merlot - 2006 Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Amateur Wine Competition
- Old Vines Zinfandel - 2006 Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Amateur Wine Competition
- Woodland Grapes - 2005 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- Pinotage Cabernet - 2005 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- Ice Wine Style- 2004 Indiana State Fair
- Chardonnay - 2003 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition; 2003 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition; 2003 Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Amateur Wine Competition
- Piesporter - 2003 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- Burgundy - 2003 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition; 2003 Home Wine & Beer Trade Association International Amateur Wine Competition
- Pinot Noir - 2003 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Competition
- Rioja - 2003 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- Sauvignon Blanc - 2003 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition
- Shiraz - 2003 WineMaker Magazine International Amateur Wine Competition
- Shiraz - 2003 Indiana State Fair International Amateur Wine Competition