It’s been said for ages — making wine is a balance of science and art. Today, however, we’re going to focus on art. That is, the art that wraps our precious bottles of wine.
Home winemakers were able to pick up new hobbies as they found themselves with additional downtime at home in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. And, if the number of entries WineMaker received in our annual label contest (particularly from first-time entrants) was any indication, saying that many chose to start designing labels to decorate the bottles of their homemade wines is not an exaggeration. The staff at WineMaker gathered from the safe distance of their remote offices for online voting this year and after some friendly debate came up with our favorite labels of 2021. We hope you enjoy viewing the winning labels as much as we did in selecting them. If you didn’t receive a prize this year, just keep in mind that there are only 12 months left to design the next great label!
We want to give a big thank you to our sponsors who help keep this annual competition going. Lastly, thank you to the home winemakers who continue to impress us with their abilities year after year.
Grand Champion
Joseph Sargetakis
Salt Lake City, Utah
Gold
Fabiola Granados
Mexico City, Mexico
Silver
Jeff and Becky Nohava
Bozeman, Montana
Bronze
Cathy Baur
Valley Center, California
Reader’s Choice
Frank & Karen Allen
Mission Viejo, California
Honerable Mention
DG Cheney
Belgrade, Montana
Karen Clark
Mission Viejo, California
David Noone
San Ysidro, California
Kim DeMott
Tucson, Arizona
Andrea Fazio-DiVecchio
Shorewood, Illinois
Barb Hennelly
Fair Oaks, California
Lorenzo Loggia and Andre Perron
Montreal, Québec
Chad Mitchell
Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Melissa Moseley
Los Olivos, California
Mike and Sharon Orton
Lincoln, California
Christy Raines
Scottsville, Kentucky
John Reeve
Rancho Murieta, California
Gail Sacharczuk
Holland, Pennsylvania
Laura Stearn
Temecula, California
Angela Volzke
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Penny Walker
San Diego, California
Editor’s Choice
Dito Diez
Temecula, California
Barbara Bentley
Walnut Creek, California
Larry Carducci
Auburn, California
Jim D’Amico
Mt. Hamilton, California
Dan Dawson
Ashland, Oregon
Mike Little
Eagan, Minnesota
Brian Tedsen
Orcutt, California
Bruce Van Houten
Alto, Michigan