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| WineMaker's 4th Annual Label Contest Winners! |
Dec, 2003 |
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| You can't judge a wine by its label --- so we just judged the label itself in our annual contest. Here are the winners.... |
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To be read (or sung) to the tune of the Brady Bunch theme song.
“Here’s a story
Of a lovely label
That only took one sitting
To complete.
It’s an original
By my sister
Who painted it and I submit
It to compete.”
— Penny Louise Flavin, 2003 label contestant
The fourth annual WineMaker label contest reminded us here at Battenkill Communications that our publications stretch far beyond the rural Vermont community where we come to work everyday. This year, we put on our judging hats and opened packages with return addresses from an array of countries across the globe, as well as many from here in U.S. After hours of enjoyment judging the beautiful artwork and sharing laughs over witty anecdotes that complemented the submissions, we had four grand prize candidates from three countries: Israel, Germany and the United States. From the WineMaker staff, we’d like to thank all who spent the time to participate and share their work for this event.
Grand Prize
Dr. Raphy Singer lives in Beit Shemesh, Israel and designed this label with the help of Yolande Tourgeman, one of his patients. A budding artist and amateur photographer, Tourgeman took a series of photographs of broken wine bottles and gave them to Dr. Singer to make into labels. She was fascinated by the light reflecting from the different colored shards of glass and we as judges were equally impressed. Yolande’s secret to photography is to, “look beyond the ordinary and see the amazing.” Dr. Singer believes that the advice is applicable to good winemaking as well and writes, “We look at ordinary fruit or grapes, and transform them into amazing wine.”
Prizes: Fleece vest from White Labs, Inc., Gift Certificate from My Own Labels, Full ATC refractometer from Valley Vintner
Gold Prize
Christoph Seiler submitted 15 beautiful labels from Altlussheim, Germany. A close friend to Markus “Olivio” Abel who was featured in August-September 2003’s Cellar Dwellers, Christoph utilized this label contest to discover which of his labels that he designed for Olivio’s wine was best. Although all of his labels were strong, the simplicity of the “Spicy Grape: 2002er Phoenix Weisser Tafelwein Oberrhein,” stood out to us.
Prizes: Gift certificate from My Own Labels; 400 corks from Bader Beer & Wine Supply; Five vials of wine yeast from White Labs, Inc.
Silver Prize
Greg and Molly Sparhawk are home winemakers from Arvada, Colorado. This label was made for their first kit wine and was inspired by a future goal: to sip their own wine as they look out over their own small vineyard. Although the Sparhawk Vineyard is not yet a reality, this label represents a look to the future. Greg drew the image with ink on paper first, then scanned it into his computer to add color. Hopefully winning the silver medal in our label contest will further inspire them to start growing some grapes of their own.
Prizes: Pail of Straight-A cleanser from Logic, Inc., Gift certificate from My Own Labels, Gift certificate from Grape and Granary, Five vials of wine yeast from White Labs, Inc.
Bronze Prize
Robin S. Davis makes her red wines and this white plum wine from her home in Alpine, California. Robin notes that some people think that any fruit other than grapes cannot make “real” wine, and her defiance of this belief makes her “Plum Loco!” Her stance on the matter is backed by her friends who love the wine and claim they’d rather be Plum Loco than drink ordinary white wine. Davis has been making wine for three years. In her “former life,” she was a graphic designer and her passion is now staying home as a full-time mommy. She uses her graphic skills for designing different labels for each wine and blend that she makes. She uses all original artwork and creates text and graphics on her computer.
Prizes: Gift certificate from My Own Labels, Alcobase kit, carbon filter system and selection of Still Spirits flavors from Steinbart Wholesale, Five vials of wine yeast from White Labs, Inc., Gift certificate from The Beverage People
Honorable Mention
Gregory Meyers • Roslyn, PA
Prize: Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply
Bernadette Fenske • San Francisco, CA
Prize: ATC refractometer from Valley Vintner
Robert Kozma • Rome, NY
Prize: Gift certificate from Maltose Express
William Abbe • Redford, MI
Prize: 80-bottle draining tree and book from BrewCitySupplies.com
Eric Conway • Whitby, Ontario
Prize: Perfect Sommelier from Woodstick Wines Inc.
Annette Aiassa • Mt. Hamilton, CA
Prize: ATC refractometer from Valley Vintner
Joe O’Neal • Bay St. Louis, MS
Prize: Set of Grand Wine Taster glasses from Grapestompers.com
Don Lorenzi • Riverside, CA
Prize: Messenger bag from White Labs, Inc.
Leigh Schmidt • Escanaba, MI
Prize: Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply
Randall Martin • The Woodlands, TX
Prize: Gift certificate from My Own Labels
Gloria Chirichillo • Half Moon Bay, CA
Prize: ATC refractometer from Valley Vintner
Joe Kazimierczyk • Hillsborough, NJ
Prize: Gift certificate for Vinfix testing & Evaluation from WINETECC®
Joe Taylor • Rantoul, IL
Prize: Gift certificate from Harrington Press Company
Michael Pavone • Harrisburg, PA
Prize: Gift certificate from Quality Wine and Ale Supply
Jason Goelz • Fremont, CA
Prize: ATC refractometer from Valley Vintner
Karen Schrader • Spring Hill, FL
Prize: Wine cooler from Bridge International Enterprises Ltd.
Michael Kozak • Aston, PA
Prize: Gift certificate from Leener’s Brew Works
Maurice Nespor • Reno, NV
Prize: VacuVin Concerto wine saver from High Country Store
Sarah Barrow • Alameda, CA
Prize: ATC refractometer from Valley Vintner
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Past
winners of our annual contest featuring the best homemade labels for
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