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A few weeks ago my son and his girlfriend helped me bottle last year's Metheglin. This was a brand new experience for her and she had fun!
This one started as a Metheglin (Mead with spice [cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves]), but I got the idea to backsweeten undiluted frozen apple juice concentrate. Technically it's a Cyser, so I named it Metheglin/Cyser. After I printed the labels I realized that "Apple Metheglin" makes more sense, but oh, well.
This one started as a Metheglin (Mead with spice [cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves]), but I got the idea to backsweeten undiluted frozen apple juice concentrate. Technically it's a Cyser, so I named it Metheglin/Cyser. After I printed the labels I realized that "Apple Metheglin" makes more sense, but oh, well.
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For this summer sipper I created a label to remind us of our recent vacation. 
This was a FWK. Label done by Noon Time, art by me.View attachment 1000001969.jpg
I participated in the beta program for the FWK Ultima line, recently bottling the Zinfandel.
Finding a background for the label can be difficult, due to my format -- winery name and tagline at the top center, logo, start/bottling dates, and ABV at the bottom. The trick is finding a background on which the lettering displays well. I found this photo, which looks great ... except the original sky was too short and it was too bright -- from experience it would look garish on the printed label.
The TL/DR version is I munged a separate sky with the photo.
The long version? I carefully erased all the sky from the photo using Paint.NET. Some of the tree tops were weirdly shaped and colored, so I cut/pasted tree tops over them, and on the size of my labels, it looks fine. The sky was a bit to bright so I faded it (using Paint.NET) and layered the photo on top of it, and saved as a PNG. Note: I'm not an artist or graphic designer; rather, I'm a "mess with it until it works or I get too frustrated" sort of person.
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And here I thought that was your place!View attachment 116133
I participated in the beta program for the FWK Ultima line, recently bottling the Zinfandel.
Finding a background for the label can be difficult, due to my format -- winery name and tagline at the top center, logo, start/bottling dates, and ABV at the bottom. The trick is finding a background on which the lettering displays well. I found this photo, which looks great ... except the original sky was too short and it was too bright -- from experience it would look garish on the printed label.
The TL/DR version is I munged a separate sky with the photo.
The long version? I carefully erased all the sky from the photo using Paint.NET. Some of the tree tops were weirdly shaped and colored, so I cut/pasted tree tops over them, and on the size of my labels, it looks fine. The sky was a bit to bright so I faded it (using Paint.NET) and layered the photo on top of it, and saved as a PNG. Note: I'm not an artist or graphic designer; rather, I'm a "mess with it until it works or I get too frustrated" sort of person.
And freebie wine kits? Good
On you!
I don't know how many people LP had doing the beta testing, but from emails with Matt, they took the feedback very seriously. The Ultima line is not cheap, but the wine at bottling didn't taste like a kit.
FWK Australian Red Blend
Since my wine is made in the basement, I call it Bottom Step Winery.
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Very nice. I was bored or couldn't sleep one night and went through all 149 pages of posts in this thread. Your label is my favorite.
I don't have a label yet.
Thanks! There are a lot of great labels out there!
We bottled the 2023 Chambourcin Tuesday
Yes, lots of very nice labels in this thread.
@Obbnw Why don’t you post some of your ideas for labels and all the creatives here can brainstorm with you? You have a blank slate.
Figuring out what you want is a really hard thing.
The last 3 pages of this thread show a lot of options.
I'm finalizing two labels tonight, as we are bottling 2 barrels tomorrow, and will bottle another in 2 weeks.
My sister gave me some advice once - don't tell anyone what you're going to name your kid until the kid is born because once the kid is named no one will say anything negative. I'm approaching the label that way ; )
I did 3 mockups about 2 years ago, so I have a decent idea of what I want. So far I haven't made any wine that I want to give away and if is just me drinking the wine, the label, though nice, isn't needed.
I do appreciate the offer though and definitely know that sometimes a little input/comment/suggestion can really have a positive impact. Even when you don't follow or use the suggestion, the comments can really trigger you to re-evaluate other parts of the design.
We bottled 2 blends today. The original plan was roughly:
Cabernet Franc 60%, Cabernet Sauvignon 30%, Merlot 10%
Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Cabernet Franc 30%, Merlot 10%
We made samples of each with the plan to adjust the samples up or down. Unfortunately we hated both. Way out of balance. The CS detracted from the CF-based blend, and the CF way overshadowed the CS-based blend.
So ... we tried Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Cabernet Franc 10%, Merlot 10% and loved it! We had 14 gallons of CS, so we added 1.5 gallons each CF and Merlot.
Then we bottled the remaining CF as a varietal. Due to CF being a varietal we're discussing changes to the label. The CS-based wine? All reviewers love the label, so we're going with it.
Cabernet Franc 60%, Cabernet Sauvignon 30%, Merlot 10%
Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Cabernet Franc 30%, Merlot 10%
We made samples of each with the plan to adjust the samples up or down. Unfortunately we hated both. Way out of balance. The CS detracted from the CF-based blend, and the CF way overshadowed the CS-based blend.
So ... we tried Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Cabernet Franc 10%, Merlot 10% and loved it! We had 14 gallons of CS, so we added 1.5 gallons each CF and Merlot.
Then we bottled the remaining CF as a varietal. Due to CF being a varietal we're discussing changes to the label. The CS-based wine? All reviewers love the label, so we're going with it.
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You're looking at the wrong audience. The correct audience is the one you see in the mirror.
Do it for yourself. Don't be your own worst critic. Unfortunately, that's easy to do.
While I'm on a roll ... folks on this forum will encourage you. Sure, you'll get opinions, but they'll be positive. Unlike that irritating, negative aunt that most of us seem to have ...
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