It’s my Vineyard

On the way over to the Auvergne for a change of scene and to reflect on what we have accomplished and what there is still to do, re the vendange, and to tend my vegetables there of course, we stop at the printers to see our new label set up on the machine. A rendezvous had been made, we were met by Francois who was in charge of our order and the technician who was aleady beginning to print the trial labels.

At this stage small adjustments could be made, the intensity of colour the the right amount of red, yellow or brown in the sepia drawing. And then after rather a lot of wastage at the beginning we were on a roll, so to speak, there will be about 750 labels on each roll.

It was exciting but nerve racking to see suddenly so many of this image that had been thought about so much over the last few months and to give the final go ahead! The touch of gold came from a luxuriously expensive roller situated above the print bed!

The whole run would be completed in about two hours, the Canadian label complying with the bilingual regulations, the European label, and the back label with the Roman coins depicting Reginus who first planted the vines in Regnie, and a little bit of romantic history for you all to read as you pour another glass of our delectable 2006 vintage!

We were cordially received by M. Monroe the owner, he had thought our label well balanced and with ‘class’, and yet suggesting a wine with character made in a traditional way.