How to Make Wine Bottle Labels

Making wine at home is a popular hobby, with homebrew winemakers creating a number of unique flavors from grapes and other fruits. Many home winemakers will find themselves wanting to have labels for their creations eventually, but may be concerned that they'll have to spend a lot of money to have custom labels printed. Wine bottle labels can be made at home at a minimal cost, however, printed on a home computer in the same manner that you would print out any other image.

Instructions

1. Design the image for your wine bottle labels. This can be done using your favorite image-editing software or with software provided with some pre-made wine bottle label blanks. Your image should also contain the name of the wine, your name or any other text, and the year that the wine was made and bottled.

2. Print out a test image on plain white paper before you make your final labels. Check for typos and also make sure it prints just as you want it to. You can cut out the test image to see how well the label will fit onto your wine bottles, and if you are using pre-made wine bottle labels you'll know whether any adjustments need to be made.

3. Load your blank labels or adhesive-backed paper into your computer's printer and print out your new wine bottle labels.

4. Check that the ink on your labels is dry before you start to apply them to bottles, since if you aren't careful you might smudge one or more of the labels.

5. Store your wine bottles in a cool, dry place to prevent condensation that might damage your labels.

Tips & Warnings

• If you don't have adhesive wine bottle labels, use a standard thick-stock paper to print the labels and then apply them to the wine bottle using a thin glue such as superglue or liquid latex glue. Be careful not to use too much or it will soak through the paper.

Resources

• Wine Bottle Labels