J&A's new wine label design by Sara Nelson Design

With several clients with tasting rooms in Woodinville, we like to get over there and renew/refresh acquaintances with people, the market and Molbak’s. (Long story. Involving a metal tree that we managed to get in a trunk.)

Passport weekend was particularly fun this year; a new label we designed – J&A’s – had their first-ever release party. J&A’s has yet to create its own tasting room, so the gracious folks at Red Sky lent them space for the party.

Our congratulations to Dick Mettler and Crew on the launch of a new winery, new brand and new label all at once!

If you are a wine-lover but have yet to visit Woodinville (a suburb of Seattle on the northeast corner of the metro area), you really should set aside the time. There are, I believe, north of 100 wineries and/or tasting rooms, including a couple of Washington’s biggest and fanciest!

Eight. Eight of these babies! (Thanks, GDUSA!)

Four awards for Ice Harbor Brewing labels (Thanks, Bill and Mike!). Four more for wine labels (ROS Wines, Mount Dorado and Grace Cellars). Gotta love clients who give you the creative room to maneuver, as each of these did. It’s a joy to have confidence that your clients have the confidence in your work to let you help establish and enhance their identity. Good things happen with that kind of working relationship!