50 Creative Wine Labels

If you're into wine label design, have a look at Creative Fan, as the profile 50 Creative Wine Labels. My favourite is to the left.

Wine by numbers

Wine by numbers, with a digital content twist.

It's an interesting debate when you have old school wines on the one side vs. technological innovation on the other. The one cannot be without the other. By old school I mean wine in glas bottles, with a lable and a cork, made in a traditional way. Technolical advancement is usually anything that challenges the status quo. As written by Springwise.com "Dutch startup 94wines is now bringing a new technological twist to the table, so to speak, by offering a line of numbered and colour-coded wines that can be personalized with digital content."

"Launched a week ago, 94wines offers a line of French wines in which each variety is indicated by a number and a bottle colour rather than a name linked to its maker, vintage or region. Consumers begin by taking a short quiz of six questions regarding their likes and dislikes. That, in turn, produces their personal WineID, which can then be used to guide their choices from among the company's series of wines. The use of numbers and colours makes wine preferences easy to remember, while personal ID profiles allow friends to see each other's preferences for gift-giving purposes."

There's more to read on Springwise.com.

Boira Sangiovese (2007)

As I've spoken about before, I tend to buy South African wines because I know more about them, than say Italian or French wines. So my point of reference is usually South Africa. My little sister however, has a totally different point of reference, which has nothing to do with the country, the grape or anything like that. Her point of reference is from an ecological point of view, or wines that are made in an environmentally friendly way. That is what she searches for when she's out buying wine.

She always has a new wine at home that falls into this category, that she's willing to share, and her drive to only buy ecological wines, has made me think about it more and more. I believe it's where we all should move towards. So far I've tried 6 different ecological wines from various countries, and have to be honest, they all still have a long way to go before they can be called great wines.

This weekend we had this one, called Boira. It's from Italy and made from the Sangiovese grape. It has so far been the best ecological wine I have had to date. We had it after a meal of Roasted pepper soup as a starter and then a tomato pesto pasta as the main meal. I really thought it was fantastic after the meal, as some wines tend to be and would recommend this wine if you, like my little sister, would like a good wine that's also an ecological wine.

Here's some tasting notes from the guys over at The Week, Wine Club. Bright red wine, almost Pinot Noir in colour, with rich burnt fruit flavours. Luscious well-balanced pure red wine with good minerality. A class example of what really good organic red wine should taste like—it feels very good—and is. Perfect for lunch or those rare outdoor dinners.