Grady Sizemore at Progressive Field, a gift for a friend. Acrylic on Aquabord, 11 × 14 inches.
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July 2010 Archives
Following a website redesign, Troutman Vineyards’s entire range of wines will be getting new labels to match. The revised identity leverages the Troutman family’s rich agricultural and viticultural history, and makes prominent use of family photographs. The colors take their cues from the imagery as well as a refinement of the original identity’s palette. The elegant workhorse typeface Bulmer has been paired up with Adobe Jenson.
First up, the popular Farmer’s wines:
Long before the grocery store bread aisle the wheat was harvested using horses and the skilled hands of our friends and neighbors. When the weather was good there would be enough flour to put bread on the table for the year. Now when the summer is warm and dry we make wine for the table. ¶ Farmer’s Blush is a sweet rosé made from a blend of lightly pressed red grapes. Best enjoyed chilled with a fresh loaf of bread.
Grandpa Ralph kept his horses long after he bought his first tractor, and we still grow Concord grapes long after more fashionable grape varieties have come along. Maybe it’s a way to honor the past, or maybe it’s just stubborn farmers being stubborn. ¶ Farmer’s Red is a sweet red wine best enjoyed chilled with peanut butter sandwiches.
In the fall of 1907 the Troutmans gathered with their neighbors to harvest potatoes, pausing long enough to take a photograph. Over one hundred years later the horses are gone, and now we gather each fall to harvest acres of grapes. ¶ Farmer’s White is made entirely from Ohio-grown Vidal Blanc grapes. Aromatic and fruity, this semi-sweet white wine is a perfect match with soft cheeses or an apple pie.
Next, a selection of varietals:
And for the fruit wines, vintage botanical illustrations were repurposed to fit the historical theme.
