Labeling Bottles

I decided to design a very simple bottle label. Since 2009 was the first vintage of making wines from grapes. To say that we were enlightened at making wine in two different wineries in two states is an understatement. The only thing that was the same at both wineries was the varietal name. However the Cabs were sourced from different California AVA’s. Because of this enlightenment, I chose “Illuminatus” as the 2009 line of wines.

Simplicity ruled and since the wine was predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, I used a French font. I’m pleased with the way the labels turned out. The wine made at Tin Lizzie Wineworks is only for personal consumption, they had the front label printed. I was going to create and print a back label, and then changed my mind. Instead, I’ll just create a web page for the back label, and create a QR code. I can print the QR code on small labels and affix it to the back of a bottle.

Since we had to affix all the labels by hand, I built a simple bottle holder out of wood. The bottle can be placed in the bottle holder and label attached. While in the holder, the bottle won’t move. I’ve seen similar bottle holders at a few boutique wineries we’ve visited. When labeling by hand, a bottle holder is great.

Cheers,
Terry