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We aren’t just another wine club - we provide our club members with everyday wines along with a daily blog full of great wine information. Our articles are full of wine news, pairing suggestions, restaurant reviews, and party tips designed to help wine buyers ranging from complete novices to experienced drinkers looking for the next best bottle. Sure, we want you to purchase a membership to The South Beach Wine Club, but we also want you to stop by every day to see what's on our minds. And once you're here, we hope you comment on what you read.

The club is designed for those who like to enjoy wine every day and those who know that wine helps make a party great - no matter what size! But who has time to make that extra trip after work to the wine store, trolling through endless bottles of wine? You should spend your time enjoying the wine, so we pick great bottles at great prices for you. No more guess work!

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Perfect gift for those busy friends who always like to have a bottle of wine around.

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With wines, animal labels speak louder than words

Author: Randy  //  Category: Party Wine, Wine Stories, Wine Tips

 

Studies show that Americans buy a new wine they haven’t tried before when an animal is on a wine label, twice as frequently as the non-creature label competitors.

From dancing bulls to leaping frogs, black swans to roaming goats, a veritable zoo of animals appears on wine labels today. Indeed, some credit the popularity of “critter labels” with the success of the affordable Australian Yellow Tail brand introduced here in 2001.

frogs leap chardonnay wine label

Although it seems novel, the fixation with critter labels isn’t new. In 1981, the name Frog’s Leap was chosen “to deflate the pretension of wine.” Designer Chuck House created the Frog’s Leap label for a couple hundred bucks and a few cases of wine. That same year, the label was awarded the Design of Excellence award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. His beloved leaping frog logo is now part of the permanent collection in the Smithsonian.

duckhorn vineyards merlot wine label

Margaret and Dan Duckhorn co-founded Duckhorn Wine Company, which began with a traditional sketched duck on its label. Now its sister winery, Paraduxx, commissions artists to create original paintings depicting a beautiful pair of ducks for its label. Why animals? Duckhorn explains that unlike a label with lots of words, the animal catches the eye. This makes sense, because you’ll be more likely to recall it when you shop for wine again. With so many animals in the world, wineries will likely never run out of mascots.

rancho zabaco zinfandel wine label

In 2000, Rancho Zabaco introduced a delicious “wow” value Zinfandel with a new dynamic label of a charging bull image to display its Mexican heritage. According to Rancho Zabaco, this change helped sales shoot up a whopping 135 percent.

toad hollow wine label

Inspiration for the Toad Hollow wine label came from founder Todd Williams’ nickname, “Toad.” Although the various labels of walking, talking, wine-sipping toads are whimsical, there’s serious wine inside.

Need help figuring out the flavors of specific bottles and the foods to pair them with? Well, the label won’t really help you. But it may be enough to get you to at least try the wine inside.