Thursday, February 28, 2008

Labels 101


So, here's the label story. I "let" Amber do all the project management with our labels...it's intensive work from creation, approval to final print. She creates the front and back label (with help from our creative team CKA and Tapp) and then sends it to me to check for any potential typos, content issues etc. I then act as if I've been in charge the whole time and point out all the changes needed. If any of you have worked with us you'll know that goes over really well, NOT. It's almost comical and we've actually learned to laugh at ourselves, quite often. So, once she gives the final G-O, we go to print. The actual creation of labels has always been very vague to me. I am very visual so in my mind the labels miraculously appear and we put them on the bottle. Bob Seitz, of Tapp Technologies, has been extremely helpful in getting us from point A to point B and sent us a visual story of how our labels get printed. Fun stuff so thought we'd share. You can click on this link to see for yourself.

Our 2007 Calico White will be ready April!

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentines...Chocolate, Wine...hmmmm.


We were hanging out in New York and this message pops up on
Amber's blackberry about our 2004 Intuition. Seemed totally appropriate for Valentine's Day! Geneveyln, thank you for the smiles.

Happy Valentines! XOXO,



Here's the link to Vinolin or you can check out Genevelyn's blog site!

as posted by Genevyn..
04 Bergevin Lane Intuition Columbia Valley

"Hangin' round downtown by myself
And I had so much time
To sit and think about myself
And then there she was
Like double cherry pie
Yeah there she was
Like disco superfly
I smell sex and candy here" Marcy Playground

Technical Data: (from Bergevin Lane website)
Variety: 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 15% Petit Verdot, 7% Cabernet Franc
Vineyards: Alder Ridge, Stone Tree Vineyards
Oak: Aged in 100% French Oak for 18 months
Alcohol: 14.2%
Cases produced: 175


This Washington State blend is simply sexy, with candy-like cherry, vanilla and coffee flavors,balanced by a more complicated long, spicy, silky solo in the middle of the glass. It's a one-hit wonder wine, not because Bergevin Lane only makes one good wine, but because it stays with one persistently, like a well-constructed song that is haunting sometimes, but at others, forgettable in the world of greats. I've thought of Bergevin Lane Intuition a lot lately while humming that Marcy Playground song.