Sunday, July 20, 2008

Wine labels, an artist's matter!


A wine label is an important source of information for each of us. Country of origin, quality, type of wine, alcohol content, producer, bottler, importer, are all information that influence our choice before we buy a wine. Not all the wineries care about a label, some did not change anything in over 45 years, while others have a new design every years. Nowadays you can see images of artist and designers: pieces of art for collectors. Obviously label design does not determine the wine's quality, even if some producers are more interested in wine design than in producing quality wines. Informations in a wine label are more important to determine what is a quality wine for us. Vintage date are very important, for example, to determine the quality of a wine. The taste and quality of the wine can change from year to year depending on the climate. Although I have been quite attracted to some of the very innovative design that marks some labels, this normally fails to attract me when I choose a wine.

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