Wine labels, label, beautiful, collection

Hundreds of nice labels from the whole world

Collecting nice wine labels and ordering them per subject is becoming fashion.

This Web Site is a concession to this popular way, though without recommending it.

The best way to classify wine labels remains according to the wine that they represent.
If you are interested in the diversity of wines more than in the diversity of labels, please visit our twin site

200 Years of Wines of the World

Often a winery devotes a series of labels to the same subject. Here, whenever possible and in order to increase the diversity of presentation, only one label per series is considered.
No subject is represented by more than 10 labels: more labels would become boring.
For similar reasons, most of the labels of this site are reproduced at low resolution. This permits to present a greater number of subjects and a faster view of the labels.

Some famous, beautiful series are reproduced at the end of this page.

The choice of both, the subjects to be included in this site, and of the labels to represent a subject is largely a matter of taste. Our selection nonetheless will show to a good extent also the weak points of our label collection.
We plan to add new subjects and to substitute some labels.
Suggestions of subjects and additions of better labels are encouraged and can be addressed to .

The following subjects were selected:

50 years Liberation of France

700 years of Swiss Confederation

Aborigene Art

Air balloons

Airplanes

Alsatian Traditional Dresses

Antique Uniforms

Armours

Bicentenary of the French Revolution

Crickets and Grasshopers

Cristals

Crocodiles and Alligators

Emperors, Kings, Queens, and Princes

Erotic

Feathers

Feminine Beauty Art Nouveau

Fingers and Fingerprints

New Millennium/Year 2000

Labels of unusual shape

Wines with famous labels: Kröver Nacktarsch
Zeller schwarze Katz

Imitations: An Austrian "Nacktarsch"

An Austrian "schwarze Katz"

Nice Series

We are planning to slowly add new series.

Arnoux et Fils, Côtes du Rhône, The Months of the French Revolutionary Calender

Autumn (Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire)	Winter (Pluviôse, Nivôse, Ventôse)
Spring (Germinal, Floréal, Prairial)	Summer (Messidor, Thermidor, Fructidor)

B. D. Club de Genève , Gamay de Genève

Bodegas Vega Sicilia, Vega Sicilia "UNICO", 150 cl. This wine is produced irregularly at exceptional vintage years only.

1960-1962-1965 1968-1970-1972 1973-1974-1975 1976-1979-1980 1981-1982-1983 1985-1986

Bognard's “Passport Series“. Twelve images, originally conceived for the famous Liebig trading cards had an enormous success and were reproduced also as blank labels for liqueurs and, to a minor extent, for wines as well. Printed in Paris at the end of the 19^th and at the beginning of the 20^th century, these labels were sold to different printers in Europe where the name of a drink whatever given by their customers was added. We know only five of these passport labels used for wine and referred to a set of nine different wines, all reprinted in Italy.

Austria China Russia Spain UK

Ca' dei Clivi, ARTIS

Cantina Produttori Cormòns, Vino della Pace (Three Labels per Year)

1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
2005

Caves ORSAT, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Expositions 1988-2002. Most exhibits are celebrated by two identical labels, one with white background for a white wine, and one with a black background for a red wine. Only the red wine labels are reproduced here.

1988-1993 1994-1998 1998-2002

Château Malromé

Château Mouton Rothschild 1945-2004.

1945-1950 1951-1956 1957-1962 1963-1968 1969-1974

1975-1980 1981-1986 1987-1992 1993-1998

1993 censured

version for the USA

1999-2004 2005

Coop Suisse, "La Mémoire du Temps 1989"

Fattoria Le Terrazze, CHAOS, Marche Rosso IGT

1997-2000 2001-2003

Gundlach Bundschu, Sonoma Valley Vintage Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1981-2003

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988
1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003

S. E. Hansen, L'esprit d'Edward Munch

The Juno Winehouse & Art Studio, Cape Maidens

Kenwood Vineyards' Sonoma Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Artist Series

1975-78 1979-82 1983-86 1987-90 1991-94 1995-98 1999-02

Nova Wines, Inc. (formerly Estate of Marilyn Monroe), Marilyn Merlot

1985-1988 1989-1992 1993-1996 1997-2000 2001-2002

Pinehurst

Ornithological Series 1

Ornithological Series 2

S. C. A. (Cave de) La Roque, Bandol, Artist Series

Cézanne

Gauguin

van Gogh

Renoir

Andreas Schenk, Basle graphic and calligrapher. Personalised labels for some city associations.

Basler Fyyrweer Wyy Fischere Zunftwyy Torstübli Wy Olymper Saffre Zunft-Wy

Torre Oria, SL., Utiel-Requena Reserva 1990, Primer Centenario

Torre Oria, SL., Utiel-Requena Reserva 1993

Vinitalia, Le Opere

Vinos Fantinel S. A., Cuban Orchids

Weingut Schmitt, Ilbesheim, Ilbesheimer 1992-2000 by Armin Hott

1992-1994 1995-1997 1998-2000

Winzergenossenschaft Wolfenweiler, White, Gray and Black Wolf

A special chapter...

A special chapter should be devoted to the wine to celebrate the Mass. The need for Altar Wine promoted plantation of the first vineyards in several countries remote from the traditional wine culture. In addition, the Mass Wine was the sole wine permitted in the U. S. during Prohibition.

To see a sample of Mass Wine labels from different countries CLICK HERE.

Number of visitors of the English version since February 16, 2002:

1945-1950	1951-1956	1957-1962	1963-1968	1969-1974
1975-1980	1981-1986	1987-1992	1993-1998	1993 censured version for the USA
1999-2004	2005