I’ve been noticing more paper-less wine labels at the wine store lately. For oenophiles who like to collect wine labels, you’re out of luck with bottles that feature direct screenprinting aka applied color labeling. The process involves baking the inked design on the bottle in a 1200-degree furnace. These wine labels offer several advantages to [...]
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Coloring Outside the Lines
Posted in Australian Wines, Spain, tagged applied color labeling, direct screenprinting, shiraz, tempranillo on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Strong Arms Shiraz: Artist Mel Kadel
Posted in Australian Wines, Women, tagged Grateful Palate Imports, Mel Kadel, R Wines, Richard Heller Gallery, Strong Arms Shiraz on March 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The whimsy of the drawing on this label caught my eye when I was trawling the wine section of my local supermarket last week. Surprised to see the artist credited on the back label, I bought a bottle of Strong Arms shiraz. Though the wine is from South Australia, the artist is an American. Mel [...]
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