Meet the Artists and Their Labels
If there’s one thing we take as serious as growing grapes and making wine, it’s making sure the bottles are wrapped in beautiful and memorable labels! We spend a great deal of time brainstorming, discussing (debating), and working and re-working to get a label finished and on the bottle. Ever wonder exactly how that works? Good news! You’ve come to the right place. It all starts with our artists.
Mom - Beth Dale (Chief Artist)
Mom is pictured on the far right in the first picture above, and the second shows a number of hand-made label drawings. Step 1 involves all of us brainstorming label ideas to go with a new wine or to start a new label series. Mom then creates the pictures on paper with colored pencil or watercolor.
Mom has painted or drawn over 15 different label designs so far!
2. Katy Dale (Lead Digital Design/Govt Approvals/Label Company Liaison)
Once we have the image we like for a label, it’s up to Katy to “build” the label digitally, get approval from the federal and state governments to legally use the label, and work with the label printing company to get the finished product.
The Finished Product
If you look closely on each label that mom drew, you can find “BD” hidden somewhere in the picture. Making it with our own hands and very much in the family, just how we like it. This team effort is another of the things we love about our process. Here are a few links if you’d like to dig deeper, including the complete story on our website and a short article where Missouri Wine featured the story of our labels
