We bottled our first batch of Riesling seven weeks ago tonight. When we decided to try our hand at becoming home vintners, one of the things that most excited me was designing a label (besides actually making the vino, of course!). Conveying excitement, thought, anticipation, passion, hard work, failure, success, and devotion onto a piece of adhesive-backed cardstock has been the most difficult task I think I have ever taken on – so our wine remains label-less. While there shouldn’t be any pressure to “get it right the first time,” I really want to be able to look at that label and see our entire experience of that first batch. [continue reading…]