One cold weekday earlier this year, I convinced five friends to let me follow them around while they bought wine. We passed row after row of bottles, hundreds of images competing for our 10 to 15 ...

The proliferation of craft beers has yielded a broad mix of art to accompany the scientific brewing process. The canvas? The can itself — or, in the case of bottled beer, the label. Brewers, after all ...

Happy 85th birthday, you mighty beer can. On Jan. 24, 1935, cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale first went on sale in Richmond, Virginia, an event that would eventually be recognized ...

Traditional wine labels from the Bordeaux region of France are changing, slowly. Inspect a half-dozen labels: many include an image—drawn or photographed—of a stately country manor, often with vines ...

ASK SOMEONE THE KIND of wine he prefers and he may or may not be able to describe it; ask someone what kind of wine label he (or she) likes and you’re guaranteed to get a reply. From occasional ...

A designer and bath products maker team up use vintage consumer art to sell new items. Nostalgia is a potent aphrodisiac, and nostalgia for times and places that one has not actually experienced has ...

When purchasing a bottle of wine, are you more likely to go for the tannins inside the bottle or the stunning visuals that decorate the label? Traditionally, you're supposed to buy wine based on taste ...