winemaker's

Chardonnay is sometimes referred to as a "winemaker's grape."

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Beppi Crosariol 2011

Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), the winemaker's parent company, said the move commemorates the year the winemaker began its joint venture with Citic, the Chinese state-owned investment company — a new vineyard in China's Shandong province.

Will Lafite's Red '8' be lucky in China? Jason Chow 2010

 I fell in love with it, so I always seek out this unconventional winemaker's bottles not just for the wines, but his label artwork is fabulous.

Mary Orlin: My Top Ten Wine Moments of 2011 Mary Orlin 2011

I fell in love with it, so I always seek out this unconventional winemaker's bottles not just for the wines, but his label artwork is fabulous.

Mary Orlin: My Top Ten Wine Moments of 2011 Mary Orlin 2011

At its best, a label is a tangible expression of the wine's personality, the winemaker's point of view and the place where the wine was made.

Judging a Wine by What It Wears Lettie Teague 2011

I fell in love with it, so I always seek out this unconventional winemaker's bottles not just for the wines, but his label artwork is fabulous.

Mary Orlin: My Top Ten Wine Moments of 2011 Mary Orlin 2011

 I fell in love with it, so I always seek out this unconventional winemaker's bottles not just for the wines, but his label artwork is fabulous.

Mary Orlin: My Top Ten Wine Moments of 2011 Mary Orlin 2011

However, the winemaker's job is to interpret and predict the quality and characteristics of the fruit in the vineyard, and to use all of his skills and intuition to guide the course of vinification to achieve the highest expression of the vineyard in the glass.

Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer 2009

 I fell in love with it, so I always seek out this unconventional winemaker's bottles not just for the wines, but his label artwork is fabulous.

Mary Orlin: My Top Ten Wine Moments of 2011 Mary Orlin 2011

The 2009 Occhipinti SP68, a Sicilian red, won raves for the wine (bright red fruit, good acidity, soft tannins), but the label was derided as ugly and the alphanumeric name was deemed "cheesy" (never mind it's the road that runs by the winemaker's house).

Judging a Wine by What It Wears Lettie Teague 2011