We spend so much time here at WineMaker thinking about how to make wine — from the fruit to the fermentation to the bottling and storage. But once a year we like to think about what’s on the outside of a bottle of wine instead of what’s on the inside.
Each year we get lots of imaginative designs — many of them with a great story to match the art. This year, out of the hundreds of entries we received, we managed to narrow down our choices to a tribute to a Contra Costa County (California) vineyard dog, a very literal interpretation of foot stomping grapes the old fashioned way, a Beelzebub-approved label celebrating a very deadly Zin, and a Pinot Noir with house cat appeal.
Thank you to everyone who entered this year, it is always a pleasure to see so many fresh ideas. And thank you to all of our generous prize sponsors!
GRAND
David and Cyndee Milam • Danville, California
GOLD
Ronald Marvin • Bakersfield, California
SILVER
Robert Adams • Carmel, California
BRONZE
John Schiavone • Canton, Ohio
READER’S CHOICE
Cheryl Spaulding • Phoenix, Arizona
HONORABLE MENTION
Nancy Powell Kansas City, KS
Cody Shive Chapel Hill, NC
Tom Price • Clay, NY
Matthew Abbe Camarillo, CA
David Parr Sonoma, CA
Gnel Garibyan Burbank, CAGary Palmero Herald, GAStacey Bartlebaugh Indiana, PA
Ron Elices Camarillo, CADavid Noone Delray Beach, FLRichard Vaughan Morristown, NJMark Fallone North Huntingdon, PAJacob H. Fehl, Jr. Lancaster, PAJoe Dente New Hyde Park, NY
Hundreds of home wine labels were entered in WineMaker’s 22nd Annual Label Contest. We share all of the winning labels that make the bottles look as good as the wine inside tastes.
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