A few labels

[Wade E]

Well I have some bottles in my cellar from 2005 and 2006 that still dont have labels and will be racked soon so I have to make labels for them now so Ill know what the heck they are. I also have wine bulk aging that needs labels to so Ill be busy designing. I have come to the conclusion that I will be mainly using a generic label design for a lot of my wines now and just change the name and year and abv. but the basic is seen on the W.E. Symphony label.

This next 1 is for a Dole Orange Strawberry Banana batch that I dont remember the SSG or The FSG so ABV is unknown!

Edited by: wade

 

[swillologist]

Looks good wade!

 

[Wade E]

Thanks Swill, got another for tonight.

 

[swillologist]

Another dandy there wade. You do good work.

 

[Jack on Rainy]

What kind of paper are you guys using? Will an old HP color printer make them?

 

[NorthernWinos]

I use plain printer paper and have had a few HP color printers have a LexMark now...they all print fine.


Some people spray the whole sheet with a glaze after printing and before cutting the labels out....


I use a Elmer's Glue stick...or what ever glue sticks are on sale....put the cut out label on a newspaper and go around the edges, overlapping onto the newspaper,and then make an X through the label and put it on...haven't had any fall off yet.

 

[Wade E]

NW, thats exactly what I did with my labels. Im wondering if these labels incurred some extra moisture when they were in the basement when all the work was being done to fix it from leaking as they sprayed the whole basement down to clean up all the cement and dirt. I had them wrapped up in tarps very well so as not to get wet but the moisture must have gotten in there. Jack, I too use an old Lexmark ink jet printer that I have had for approx. 11 years.

 

[Joanie]

Nice work, Wade! All three are great!

 

[rgecaprock]

Great Job, Wade,


Like the Fruit Fusion!!! All three are good!!


Ramona

 

[Wade E]

As I go through my stash downstairs Im pulling out forgotten batches, I
had to clean the bottles up, pop a cork to take a sniff to see what the
heck it is. This one was a gallon batch of Langers' Grape Juice which I
brought the SSG to 1.095 and let her rip. I must say that this is a
nice Dry table wine with a lot of flavor. WAY MORE THAN I EXPECTED!

So I had to make a label for it.

Edited by: wade

 

[Wade E]

I should have made the above label say red table wine, oh well. Heres another for the Welches' White Grape I made and oaked, hence the W.O. in the picture.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Those labels are all looking really nice...They are going to really dress up your bottles and your wine racks are going to really look professional.
Must be a good feeling to get all those bottles sorted out, labeled and on the shelves of your new room.


Good going!!!!

 

[Wade E]

Thanks NW, I just couldnt go putting those bottles on my racks that way. Will have racks pretty much full if not all filled up tomorrow as I spent the whole day fixing my past mistakes os not labeling somehow!

 

[CajunTim]

Wade, great looking labels. What program are you making them in? On another note.....I find my labels are a lot harder to take off then the winery bought bottles.

 

[Wade E]

Photoshop CS, I had microsoft picture it premium on my other computer that crashed early this year and its was not as expensive nor did it have all the bells and whistles but it was also much more user friendly and had a lot of what this program has. Id recommend that to anyone and this program is a little beyond my capabilities and I just cant find the time to figure it out more cause it really can get anything done if I knew how to use it! Let me guess, you use the Avery sticky labels. Thats why I wont buy those as they look awesome but I dont want to fight to get them off after struggling to get the commercial ones off.

 

[CajunTim]

Let me guess, you use the Avery sticky labels.

You got it. Them Avery labelscan bea bear to get off. The last batch was to to bad. Put in water for a few hours and used the back of a buttrer knife and was a lot quicker.

 

[Wade E]

Get yourself a razor blade scraper, I bought 1 today cause I had to remove some labels the hard way cause of impatience when I started. I never removed the commercial labels when I started and had to remove them without soaking in water as they are full now. The razor scraper which was $3.49 at the grocery store worked better than I would have imagined and was worth stopping what I was doing and going for the ride to purchase. Trust me if you need to get stubborn labels off, this is a very helpful tool. It also can=me with 5 blades.

 

[Wade E]

Okay, I know I had a label designed for this batch a long time but now that I look at it, it looks cheesy so since I never printed and applied I can change it.

 

[grapeman]

What kind of paper are you guys using? Will an old HP color printer make them?

I got an e-mail from Online Labels that I have used before for pre-cut labels. Here is a link to them. They offer a variety of bottle types, label sizes, quantity and so on. They have good prices and prompt service. I ordered 100 sheets for beer bottles and 250 sheets of 4 label plus neck labels per sheet. I don't know what glue they have on this batch. Sometimes they come right off and sometimes not- so I'm trying a few.


http://www.onlinelabels.com/bottles.htm#wineEdited by: appleman

 

[Steve]

I just got the trial version of Photoshop CS and I'm having a hard time figuring it out. Not sure at this point if it is worth paying for.