"If wine is a delight to the nose and palate, it is our eyes that are rewarded in the art of label design. For a label is like an invitation: a beckoning—offering visual clues to the personality of the wine even before the bottle is corked." from "Beyond the Pour: Pairing Art and Wine Label Design" currently on exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design the hightlights of which can be viewed here: imagerywinery.com

Following are some very basic steps for creating your own label. For you Creative Types, skip the sequential, logical steps laid out here and just go crazy! Check out these sites: winemakermag.com and www.grape-nutz.com for some great ideas.

Stoneycreekwinepress has also offered our customers a very generous 20% discount. If you click HERE, the discount will be applied to your order at the shopping cart upon exiting.  The quality of the Stoney Creek labels we have seen thus far has been extremely professional.  Their service is fast and they have been a pleasure to work with.

For each quarter of a barrel, one label set is included as part of your wine "package." Label amounts beyond that are subject to a fee of $50 an hour - minimum one hour per label. We would like to offer the following suggestion as an alternative to labelling all of your bottles with the same label: creating individual labels. For example, if you are going to bring a bottle of your wine to a dinner, you can create a special label for the the host(ess). Avery Labels, #5164, although rounded on the corners, work pretty well. The size of the label is 3.33" by 4.00". It can be used in either the portrait or landscape orientation. Among the items you will need to create or think about for your label are: