Interesting Wine Packaging and Some VERY Interesting Wines

Interesting Wine Packaging and Some VERY Interesting Wines – Episode #508

July 24, 2008

A special guest picked these 3 wines based on their packaging but stumbled into a few fascinating wines worthy of attention on this edition of The Thunder Show.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Nun Vinya Dels TausSpanish Priorat
2006 J Mourat Fiefs Vendeens Collection RedOther Loire Red Wine
2005 John Anthony Cabernet SauvignonNapa Cabernet

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July 25, 2008

stephen
YEAH !! i love this episode, i am a graphic designer & Wine lover
I buy bottle’s for there label, even though i know it has nothing to do with the taste, i actually have a empty wine bottle collection at my house, i collect beer bottle’s as well.

i love the yellow label, with the die cut, & nice new sans typeface. look’s very new world, is the wine new world too ?!

i like the lettering on the napa cab sav, it’s really golden, looks more older, regal

& the old school red label with the nice bottle shape is aweome !! i want it !!

*sjb
July 25, 2008

E
All I remember from Chattanooga is Rock City; apparently the top of the mountain is in Georgia and the bottom is in Tennessee or maybe it’s the other way around.

Mourat Collection Red, you say? I couldn’t agree more:
http://tv.winelibrary.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8306

QOD: the Stenberg Brothers. Look ‘em up.
July 25, 2008

Satty
I really like that you’re always finding new wine topics to cover, Gary. Great Show!

A few years ago, when I really started looking at wine labels, Pacific Rim Winery impressed me. Nice design… can’t wait to see what they come with for Columbia Valley Riesling.
July 25, 2008

Rowland
NICE … wasnt i just saying how those last 2 very expensive wines had sucky lables! BLAM were totally on the same page.
July 25, 2008

PaVo
Great show, love bringing in a designer AND a new wine drinker…freaking fantastic!

QOTD: I love Mies Van Der Rohe, living in Chicago his design has shaped a lot of our city but I just love what he did to architecture and how he drove modernism into the mainstream. Brilliant stuff.

As an outside designer I like Philippe Stark
July 24, 2008

dang
great show, been waiting for one like this since label design is such a significant aspect to wine bottles, although not always indicative of the quality of the wine or course. That and I’m a designer myself. My pick will go to Three Thieves that Joel Gott is a part of and their “The Show” Cabernet. THe first bottle of wine that led me to buy a case and get further into the wine world. I don’t buy based on labels anymore, but that one worked out pretty well.
July 24, 2008

Frankie Not In Hollywood
Loved the show. Condrieu with a Donhoff. Does anyone blend viogner with riesling? Not sure how that would go, but love the description for the Nun. Gotta try it!
July 24, 2008

manonthemoon
Interesting show, the white sounded like a winner.
July 24, 2008

MattUD
Nice show, good to see the labels from the front this time. Picked out a wine today partly based on the label design.
July 24, 2008

Kelly Goff
What a fun episode. It is so nice to mix it up a little. I love wine labels with flair and I loved the choices that Strat made. I think the label design has more influence on folks buying wine than they realize!

QOTD: I really know nothing about design or art, but I do love simplicity
July 24, 2008

Zinfreak
Check out my wine labels. Definitely not your average label!

http://www.banknotewines.com/

In each case of wine there are 12 different labels, each label is an actual banknote over 150 years old.

(The wine is delicious too!)

QOTD: Jeffrey Caldewey, and Chuck House. Both design gods.
July 24, 2008

JR Moreau
Ralph Steadman, Mr. Gonzo holds it down for Bonny Doon and Flying Dog beers! He’s my favorite designer by far!
July 24, 2008

Susan
Gary- It is just SUPER when you take a look at new angles!!! I do remember the whole, ‘You, with a little bit of me, we’re changing the wine world, whether they like it or not.” thing!! Vayniacs just need to remember that and not get stuck in the mud!!! We need to try new wines with new foods and new ways to drink new wines and new labels. Out with the old and in with the new!!!!!
July 24, 2008

Dan Manu
interesting show
July 24, 2008

Eli2Tyree
the woman who did the citi bank logo and the Bloomberg building is amazing but I cant remember her name.

also sanford white… amazing archtitect been in a few of his houses in rumson that he built for the duke of york (bruce springsteen lives in one of them now). he also did the arch in washington square and the theater at MAdison Square Garden
July 24, 2008

Brian
Great show as always! Wow, that J Mourat sounds interesting, Cab Franc and Pinot! I like the curve ball with the focus on labels and graphic design. QOTD, definitely Eero Saarinen for the Dulles Terminal, TWA Flight Terminal, and his classic tulip furniture collection!
July 24, 2008

Dr. Dan
Great show concept. Wine appearance package is very important. Glad to see you brought an expert on to discuss–personable, too.

Pinot and Cab Franc?? Who would’ve thunk!
July 24, 2008

Jay
I lvoe that second bottle. It’s nice because it’s a different design, but still holds onto that classic feel.

QOTD: No idea.
July 24, 2008

glenn
great show idea! will have to try the Nun. gayest show ever with the full-on sausage fest and multiple mentions of “bringing it hard” & “great package” but still terrific content.

QotD: Jack Kirby, 1960’s Marvel world for design influence via pop art.
July 24, 2008

Sir Lurks-A-Lot
QOTD:

Antonio Gaudi (If you saw Barcelona on TV during the 1992 Summer Olympics, you probably saw some his work)

Gotta go with Frank Lloyd Wright as a backup.

That white wine sounds like it’s in my wheelhouse. I’m a new-ish wine drinker, so I like (need!) a bit of sweetness.
July 24, 2008

canadapete
GV – I love your adventurous approach to the show – picking a wine newby with an angle – just awesome. Nice guest. Thanks.
July 24, 2008

CabernetNoir
Great show, Gary!

Hey Vayniaks! Check out my website, http://www.wedrinkmore.blogspot.com/

I just did a small article trying to get new people into “vayner-nation”

WE DRINK MORE.
July 24, 2008

Lawrence Leichtman
Interesting perspective since I rarely pay attention to the art work that goes into the labeling and probably should since they spend lots of money on making the labels look great but I have the same feeling about labels as the fancier wineries. It seems the more they put into the appearance of the winery the less they put into the wine. For example, Peju gorgeous winery terrible wines, St Jean gorgeous but average wines. Some of the smaller places like Elyse look like an overgrown trailer and great wines.
July 24, 2008

Jaybird
QOTD: Favorite artist is Viktor Shvaiko, and favorite labels are usually Greatful Pallet designs, and Mollydooker Love Series
July 24, 2008

SpoiledinCalbyPinot
QOTD. Wow! I am a little bias on this one,it is my daughter she draws
anime, does flower arrangements and also dabbles in cartoons.

Nice show Gary!! Are you going to do a show about Bottle Shock?