The 2008 “Pig” Pinot Noir was our favorite at Cork’s recent tastingLast Friday at Cork Wineshop, we tasted seven Pinot Noir varietals from Germany, Oregon, and Burgundy. Our clear favorite, the 2008 Big Table Farm from Willamette Valley, had finesse of an old world Burgundy with the punch of a new world syrah. A great Pinot Noir debut.
I’ll admit it: we are suckers for cool labels, and Big Table Farm wines have beautiful letterpress prints glued on the bottle by hand. As you can read from their website, the art was created by Clare, who is one of the owners and has designed over 50 wine labels in the northwest.
The labels are simple, beautifully drawn with great textureFrom the website:
The Label for the Syrah is printed by letterpress label printer Inge Bruggeman. Inge hand printed each sheet and then hand cut the labels. The Labels are then hand glued and applied to each bottle. You will notice the labels are much thicker and have a wonderful texture due to the printing process used. These Labels are also more fragile than most so each bottle is then carefully wrapped in tissue. The art was drawn by Clare. You can count on the label art being as unique as each vintage of wine.
The Wine:
2008 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley
Price: $38
Available at: Cork, NW Lovejoy, www.corkwineshop.com
*All photos taken from www.bigtablefarm.com
