Jack K sent in some great examples of labels that he creates for his wines. As an example ..

From Jack's great website ... The Wine Making Home page

( you can see it by clicking here )

I used to make my text-only labels in Microsoft's Word for Windows. I've made some really fancy ones containing both scanned and hand-drawn images using Xerox's Ventura Publisher. Today, I mostly use Microsoft's Paintbrush and Corel's Corel Draw. Labels produced with these two programs are then printed. For display here they were converted into .gif files. Both programs are easy to use and create files that are easily edited. The large collection of fonts delivered with Corel Draw can be used by either program and expand the variety one can create. You can use whatever graphics or word processing program you're comfortable with.

The labels I make are usually 4.4 inches wide by 4 inches high. I print them two to a page and trim them with a drop-blade paper cutter. I could easily reduce the width and print them four to a page. I use either glue sticks or a spray-on adhesive to affix them to the bottles. I've used self-adhesive label paper and found it not really worth the added expense.

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