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October 28, 2011 · 5:38 PM
The gold standard: Wine label contest winners
Vigne Note by William Raineri
Any sommelier or wine shop owner will tell you: Don’t judge a wine by its label. It’s great advice, not that we can heed it.
Just like books, cereal boxes, magazines and beer cans, we tend to react to what we see on the outside, even if the inside has little or nothing to do with the splashy image and enticing font out front. If my peanut butter Puffins came in the Count Chocula box, would I still buy them? Doubtful.
So, while the folks who make the best wines might not necessarily choose the best typefaces (or label designers), there’s something to be said for pouring your Rosé or Cabernet out of a bottle that makes people actually want to drink it. Now, in what seems like some mild vindication for all of us label-judgers out there, there’s actually a contest that judges that which we are not to judge.
The 2011 International Wine Label Design Contest out of Napa Valley honored the best bottle art in six categories, including Successful Innovation, Dramatic Graphics and Classic Style. The overall winner was Lamoreaux Landing, a New York-based winery, which won for its label designed by Veronica Martin. The full list of 2011 winners is below, as judged by an international panel of wine experts and educators.
While these are labels are certainly well-designed, they don’t quite live up to the labels showcased in this Coolist roundup of 30 ridiculously awesome wine bottles (two are below). And here’s the thing, even though I have no idea what the wine tastes like inside, I want to buy every single one.
Lazarus Wine's braille bottle
Matsu wine
Successful Innovation
GOLD – Love Seafood, designed by Alan McCorkindale of Christchurch, New Zealand
SILVER – Belle Dame, designed by Vanessa Mylchreest of Christchurch, New Zealand
BRONZE – Noir, designed by Karen Knecht of konnectDesign, Santa Monica, California
Dramatic Graphics
GOLD – Lamoreaux Landing, designed by Veronica Martin of Miami, Florida
SILVER – Buble, designed by Karen Knecht of konnectDesign, Santa Monica, California
BRONZE – Ray’s Station, designed by Mark Davis of Robert Mather & Gibbs, Santa Rosa, California
Classic Style
GOLD – Finca Vides Torcidas, designed by Dan Kaplan of Daniel B Kaplan Design, New York, New York
SILVER – Ray’s Station, designed by Mark Davis of Robert Mather & Gibbs, Santa Rosa, California
BRONZE – Wine by Numbers, designed by David Danz of LeBlanc Design, Placerville, California
Label Series
GOLD – Vigne Note, designed by William Raineri of Raineri Design, Brescia, Italy
SILVER – Sawhorse Cellars, designed by Karen Knecht of konnectDesign, Santa Monica, California
BRONZE – BVN Wines, designed by Dan Kaplan of Daniel B Kaplan Design, New York, New York
Labels Not Currently in Production
GOLD – Between the Vines, designed by Dan Kaplan of Daniel B Kaplan Design, New York, New York
SILVER – Sintonia, designed by Faini Eugenia of Grafica e Comunicazione, Jesi, Italy
Overall Winner
Lamoreaux Landing, designed by Veronica Martin of Miami, Florida
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