Here’s a little self test to see how much you know about wine and winemaking with questions lifted from a VEN 3 final given at Davis. I’ll post the answers in the comments section in a few days. You’re now on the clock. Good luck. 15) Which of the following varietals areNOT synonymsa) Criolla = [...]
December 20, 2005
Clare kept her promise and wrote back today with information on Terroir 2006 and Ken Verosub’s departure. It seems that the reason for the kerfuffle between Verosub, a professor of Geology at UCD, and the College of Ag and Environmental Sciences stems from a disagreement over compensation. Verosub wanted to be compensated for his time [...]
December 20, 2005
– Dayna over at Calligraphylady.com should have our logo to us by mid January, so I suspect our label design should be complete as early as February. It’ll be fun posting the progression up here and getting feedback from the wine blogosphere. - We’re talking quite a bit about whom we’d like most to hire [...]
December 16, 2005
Since we want our label and brand to exude the elegance and style of the varietal, and to play upon both the feminine character and European roots of the pinot noir grape, we, like everyone else making pinot, are going to have our logo designed in script. (I’m being sarcastic of course. Many producers eschew [...]
December 15, 2005
A lot, actually. Good design grants a wine a measure of distinction in the marketplace, and effective differentiation sells wine. Good design tells your personal story with an economy of words and symbols. Aesthetics do matter. But of the top 5 factors that determine how a wine sells, I’m not sure where I’d rank label [...]
December 21, 2005
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