The 2011 Blush has some fun features- a redesigned label, a lighter EcoSeries bottle made of 50% recycled glass, manufactured with a 29% smaller carbon footprint, and, probably most exciting for y’all, screw caps, so you can enjoy it [responsibly!] anywhere without having to track down that corkscrew.

The new Blush won’t be in stores for about a month still, but it will make its debut in just over two weeks at the Virginia Wine Showcase in Crystal City, February 18th and 19th. The 2009 Blush went just a little too fast; we’re hoping that the 207 cases o’ ‘11 that we just finished will allow everybody to get their fill!

Cheers!

In an exhibit running from Nov. 20 – Apr. 17, the SFMOMA displays “How Wine Became Modern“, a collection of significant wine artifacts, multimedia presentations, and contemporary labels, which place the wine industry in today’s cultural context as it has developed since 1976 when the earth-shaking Judgment of Paris rated Californian wines above France’s in a blind tasting.

One of the highlights of the exhibit, designed by the New York architecture studio Diller Scofidio and Renfro, is a wall of wine, “Labels and Storytelling”, featuring 200 labels. The diverse collection of bottles is arranged categorically, each one subsumed by a branching genre of associative qualities attributable to the label’s story and brand identity. And lo! What bottle do I spy there that is both “Cheeky” and “Sex”?

We could hardly believe that our little label was deemed museum-worthy, but we excitedly shipped a bottle out to San Francisco a few months ago and waited for its moment in the spotlight.. er.. track lighting.

One of Well Hung’s owners, artiste Tracy Verkerke, and her daughter Therese, took a very serious, professional-like, trip out to San Francisco last weekend for the opening and snapped the great pictures you’ve seen in this post.

We’re honored to have been selected as a part of this ground breaking exhibit. If you want to learn more about it, check out the page on SFMOMA’s website, here. We were titillated to see a specific, albeit brief, mention in the San Francisco Station, which recently wrote about the show: “One of the highlights of the exhibit, the art of the wine label, features nearly 200 wine bottles suspended in rows against a white backdrop. Categorized by similar concepts and images, such as ‘Good + Evil’ and ‘Truth or Consequences,’ the label art illustrates how wine has taken on attributes far beyond just the wine itself. My favorite section is ‘Cheeky,’ which features humorous labels such as ‘Well Hung’ and ‘Fat Bastard.’” How cool!

If you want to see some more pictures from Tracy and Therese’s trip, there’s a whole album on our Facebook page devoted to it.

And remember, Californians: yours is one of the few states to which we can actually ship wine. So if you see us on the wall and want to actually know what’s inside the bottle, go ahead and order one (or five!) from our online store.

Cheers!

This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21st and 22nd, we’ll be having a home-town tasting in Ivy at the Ivy Store from 2 – 6 each afternoon. Come and enjoy a taste of our fine wines, or buy a glass to sip while you shop. Of course, we will also be selling wine by the bottle as well as our whole array of clothes, magnets, sacks, what have you! And don’t forget to stay until dark on Sunday when the holiday season is officially signaled, for me at least, by the annual illuminating of the Ivy Store’s gorgeous roof-top light display!

See you there!
Cheers!

PS: While you’re in the spirit, I want to share a delightful photo sent in by a Well Hung fan…

Huggin' a bottle for Christmas has never looked cuter!

Cheers!

A satisfied customer all the way from Michigan!  Lookin’ good!  Did you actually need any proof that our products make great gifts?  Let someone you know know that you know them well enough to get them some Well Hung stuff, visit the brand new online shop – http://wellhungvineyard.myshopify.com.

Cheers!