Sometime around 1962, a kid made his way through the citrus groves of Orange on his bike. When the fruit was in blossom and the air was redolent of the eucalyptus planted as a shield against the Santa ...

When you walk into a wine shop, the array of label art and graphic design on display is almost overwhelming. You see hundreds of different labels, each meant to distinguish, create brand identity and ...

Strolling down the Safeway wine aisle is a lot like touring an art gallery -- there are bold abstracts, classic still lifes, pastoral landscapes. Some wine labels are more than packaging -- they're ...

Today is National Beer Can Appreciation Day! Are you surprised that such a thing exists? I was. Nevertheless, here we are, and what better way to celebrate the humble beer can than by sharing our ...

True confession: The first bottle of Black Dog Ale I ever bought wasn’t for the taste or the price or even the reputation. What separated that six-pack from hundreds of others in the 40-foot-long beer ...

Hanging around in bars with your sketchbook has its payoffs. At least it did for Garnett Gerry, the artist behind the wacky label personalities at Etobicoke’s Great Lakes Brewery. GLB, just voted ...

“Emblem: A visible symbol of a thing” — Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition. The most commonly encountered wine label today is the graphic artist’s work, that of an emblem to ...