by Jo Diaz | Mar 7, 2021 | Beaujolais, Contest, France, French Wine, Gamay, Wine
With the introduction of the Fifth Annual Georges Duboeuf Nouveau Art Label competition, the winery is once again seeking new artwork for over one million bottles of their Beaujolais Nouveau. This is a very personal project for me. In 2011, I had received my first...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 11, 2020 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, French Wine, Gamay, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Culture, Wine Marketing
This is the fourth annual wine label competition for the Georges Duboeuf winery, in Beaujolais, France. It’s wonderful that winner Maeve Croghan is currently living and working in the Mendocino, California area, where she teaches and exhibits… She’s...
by Jo Diaz | Apr 23, 2020 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, Wine
I love art. Wine is art, music is art, paintings and sculptures are art. Put them all together and you have a perfect day. Place them all in France’s wine country, and you have utopia, at least in my humble opinion. World renown artists have long graced wine...
by Jo Diaz | Mar 4, 2020 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, French Wine, Gamay, Nouveau Beaujolais, Wine
This blog post is dedicated to dreamers and artists Let me just start with the fanciful background… Last Summer, I had one of my greatest honors. I’ve been working with winery doctors, lawyers, and CEO chiefs, since early 1993. In the process, some have...
by Jo Diaz | Jul 7, 2019 | Contest, Wine, Wine Blogger, Wine Writer, Wine-Blog
Once upon a time, I was an artist. Making very intricate jewelry. When it came time to sell it, I fell short of being able to say, “Isn’t that just beautiful! It would look so GREAT on you.” I just couldn’t do it. “Buy it or not,...
by Jo Diaz | Jun 10, 2019 | Art in Wine, Beaujolais, Contest, France, Willamette Valley, Wine, Wine Appreciation, Wine Business, Wine Importer
This one reminds me of Willamette Valley’s Oak Knoll Winery. Being the exclusive partner of Portland’s popular Rose Parade, as regards wine, Oak Knoll Winery conducts an annual, label design contest. The inspiration, actualization, anticipation, and...
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