Looking at labelling on bottles

I decided to look at all different labels for aged wines and port bottles I decided to do so because I want to see the common features and different formats that the labels may have.

This is a example of a modern port bottle in this case one from marks and Spencer’s you can see that there isn’t much illustration and relies heavily on the typography which gives off a "class" to the bottle using dark colors and more sophisticated example of text with cursives to name where it port is grown. But the majority of text is easily readable text with little use of serifs keeping the text modern and eye-catching.

This is an example of labeling form Spanish wine. We can see that there is a lot more illustration on this label in comparison to the port bottle above. I think that the paper. I think that we can instantly see that this is a more aged beverage in comparison to the port. With lot of intricate type which is harder to read. But is very interesting and expresses that this is a well made and cared about drink.

This is an example of the front and back of a wine bottle from 1970. Here we can see a dramatic change in labelling compared to our more modern bottles with intricate illustrations and type being used within the labelling. I really like the old feel that this label gives of with torn edges and hols in the label with the fading of the colours, texts and imagery. This label also has a lot more colours used and has a lot of seals, coat of arms and other stamping on the label expressing a very well high quality drink within the bottle.