I got a present in the mail from my godmother last month: a wine book that she kept between 1970 and 1980 while living in Germany.What a treat! I loved reading over the labels and her notes. My favorite: "Lancers is always good."
You can read about my experiences with my aunt's wine scrapbook in this week's Serious Grape column on Serious Eats.
Are you preserving your wine memories for future years? If so, how?
I envy her ability to get those wine labels off the bottle. I used to soak mine off, but only got 1 label for every three to four bottles. Now I take pictures w/ the digicam. It's quick and clean. :)
ReplyDeleteI would if New World labels were easier to peel off. They just require way too much work.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to get the labels off?
ReplyDeleteI love the Lancer's comment. It was indeed always good, as I recall.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everybody. I found this link with some label removal tips: http://www.grape-nutz.com/soldiers/labels/removal.html
ReplyDeleteI'll see if Aunt Fran will reveal how she did it--but glue technology has changed a lot since 1973.
How cool.
ReplyDeleteAs a veteran of wine retailing, I can say that it's important (and challenging) for winemakers to keep their labels on the bottles. As a wine drinker and someone who is prone to nostalgia, I wish it were easier to get the label off.
Great idea! I wonder if we could get something like this for our inn's gift shop? Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool find!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great book. I do my best to use my label-off label removers and paste the labels in a book with my rather pedestrian tasting notes.
ReplyDeleteDoc, what a treasure you were given, not only a family treasure but a historic artifact. And thanks for the mention and the link.
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