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moonstruck meadery's labels were inspired by the Japanese island of okinawa, where the meadmaker learned his craft.
his label stock, looking for a replace- ment to make the graphics pop more, and weighing purchase of a digital label printer for custom, private label orders. Last year, Lewis added another page of
history to his winery's saga. "When TTB put all its paperwork online, I was only the
every vintage tells a different story at crosby roamann, where the owners design individual labels for each release.
second winery to be approved that way," he said. Although he'd heard from fellow Wisconsin vintners that approvals could take a long time, "For me, it worked pretty well." Formula approvals came within seven to 10 days, and COLA (Certificate of Label Approval) was 30-45 days."
crosby roamann, napa, calif. 750 cases per year crosbyroamann.com
Named in honor of the proprietor's grandmother and great-grandmother, this young family winery boasts of "a low- intervention winemaking philosophy, with
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