Making labels for your wine bottles can be a fun and wonderful experience. This usually involves possibly coming up with a label that says something about the grower, the way it was made, the kind of wine, etc.

This can be an interesting process since it says a lot about the wine you have made and what kind wine the person drinking it will experience. Under the assumption that you will want to create several labels all at once instead of making them one at a time by hand, as hand crafted and fun as that process can be, its often easier to mass produce them using modern methods. Here is a list of items that you will need and use to make your own wine labels for your wines. A computer, a printer, plain or gummed paper, label stock, software that has graphics and labels, scissors and a paper cutter. A scanner and a digital camera are also useful.

Normally, most people own a personal computer. It doesn’t have to be one that has all the bells and whistles. Both a windows machine or a mac machine will run well for this simple task. Now, the biggest question is whether you want colored labels or black and white labels. If you have black and white printer, that could be something you would use without spending any money. But you would be surprised how little a new color ink jet printer costs in today’s market. Price them out and buy what you want.

Using a color laser jet printer is the ideal choice since the toner is heated onto the paper and makes a permanent image. The ink will also not run when its wet and it will be a better value when printing large print runs. This is an important factor for many people when choosing a good printer.

Deciding which type of label paper to use will be the most important single decision you’ll make for your wine label project. The cheaper the stock, the cheaper it will look. Its often better to use good quality paper stock that is bound so that you get a good print job and quality looking labels that say something about you, the wine grower and what your home made wine is all about.