LotM for May
Yikes, where did I lose May? After a recent trip to the QFC – Issaquah that carries what remains of our 2007 Kamari Black Label Cabernet Franc, I found a label that inspired me enough to add it to the Label of the Month blog series. However, instead of using that label for May and further begging forgiveness that it is no longer May and that my post is delinquent for May, I am going to do a piece on what has also been lost. Somewhere over the Snoqualmie Pass and in between wrapping up my MBA and opening The Blending Room in Lake Chelan, I lost time to write the May LotM post. Fear not,...
Read MoreLabel of the Month: LotM – April
You know, what better way to go down in history than with your own wine label. As I was researching my Wine in China? post, I came across a Karl Marx label on a Chinese sparkling wine. So, naturally I decided it would have to be the next label of the month. Further researched confirmed another label on a German red wine: This search also turned up an intriguing set of wine labels with equally controversial images (depending on which side you take) upon them. How about the Hitler label or the Carter label or the Che label? So, I’m no history buff. It was my...
Read MoreLabel of the Month: LotM – March
March’s label of the month is inspired by an unbelievable discovery of cross-marketing techniques and the wine bottle. Say Hello to Hello Kitty wines. Pic can be found here. Our friends in Italy have released a Pinot Nero with licensed Sanrio labels featuring an angelic Hello Kitty and diabolic Hello Kitty. Interesting, what will those Italians think of next? Then, ridiculous meets the US federal TTB label approval process, which states that labels on alcoholic beverages may not target under-aged consumers including, but not limited to, cartoon graphics. So, if Hello Kitty is not...
Read MoreLabel of the Month: LotM – February
In a moment of recent inspiration about the ephemeral nature of life, I set out to find a label of the month for a cause. The most natural theme for a cause was cancer. I started on a search there and in light of the celebrations of love for the romantic holiday month of February, I’ll also begin with something pink. I do not believe pink ribbon wines are still available as these were created for an October 30, 2008 Toast for the Cure event. I know The Cure has become a hugely controversial source of fundraising aimed to support breast cancer research, but who could ever really deny,...
Read MoreLotM: January oh10
This round’s Label of the Month is by Cycles Gladiator. They’ve shared this label on several styles of wines for several years now. Cycles Gladiator began in 2006 with this striking label. These wines are widely available, so you may have seen this one is stores. You can’t find it in Alabama though, where it is outlawed due to the label, a copy of a classic art poster. The original art was created by French painter G. Massias in 1895 as a poster to advertise bicycles made by Gladiator. This was the Belle Époque in Europe when life was becoming easier for the upper classes...
Read MoreLabel of the Month: LotM – December
Well, I’m not one to have favorites, but hand-over-fist the best value sparkling wine is none other than Domaine Ste. Michelle. Maybe it’s easy for me to remember since there’s not a million kinds of sparkling wines out there (yet), or perhaps the cheap sparklers are really that bad (which is infinitely true) or maybe its my bias toward Washington wines applied to the sparkler category. But, every year I can’t wait for the Fred Meyer December Domaine Ste. Michelle sparkling wine sale (that conveniently lasts through New Years). So, here I am to 1) officially declare...
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