Name That Wine!

Uncle Bob's Favourite White

butterscotch and

How about:

"Over-oaked, Over-priced California Crap"

"Pipers Son"

Sounds like a truncated version of "Piper Sonoma". That would be OK for a sparkling wine, except it'd invoke the wrath of lawyers on me! :^(

Tom S

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I emailed it to Tom but for the rest my contribution is the rather staid Butternut Hill conveys the richness and a little wistfulness without being demeaning.

of course on the other hand we could see

Mon Ratchet Pit cru prime

I think you may have misread the criteria.

You missed on 4 out of 4.

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IMHO, nothing that could mirror any european or any other country existing wine name. This IS BAD. Much better something could relate the wine to the terroir it is made in. It sounds good (to me) a name related to a native american word; what to say, a river, a hill, a village close to the vines. Cheers

Luk

TOM'S RICH FAT BUTTERY TOASTY FRUITTY CHARDONNAY

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I guess Tom is looking for a catchy brand name. What you suggest would apply to premium wines from well-known sites. How about "Tom's Garage Chardonnay"? (To be augmented with other grape varieties when the success has materialized :-) It would personalize the wine, using Tom's name, indicate small scale artcraft and name the varietal, all at once. Anders

Hi I am still a newbie here but I thought I would throw my 2 cents in anyway.

Summer Valley Chardonnay.

It sounds simple but I could remember it. It is classy in it simplicity and it is brief, as for clever....... Well I don't know but it just popped into my head when I read the description.

As Always,

Muirenn

Freeway Fruit Bomb

I sent Tom a few names. I also thought of Old Tom, but I had to discard that. It sounds too much like a bourbon whiskey type of name. Also Old Tom is a sweet gin that once was very popular in GB, but seldom is seen anymore, at least in the US.

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Hi Tom,

Long time lurker at alt.food.wine... Anyway about your new label, how about "The Sly Chard"; using the fish in combination with some wine imagery (jumping from a cask/barrel [fish in a barrel; har har har]). Think of the food pairing fun to be had. Is there are a Chard "society" for co-op marketing/promo? Good luck with it all. Jack H. PS: Cork or Screw-cap?

-------------- I need a brand name for the label of my Chardonnay. Although I've rejected "Chasing Montrachet" and "Courtin' Charlemagne" as being a little _too_ cute, they would also be likely to get me sued. :^(

Cork, unfortunately. I've been lobbying for a screw cap bottling line, but to no avail yet.

BTW, I bottled my 2003 Chardonnay mostly under natural cork, but I did ~20 cases under Supremecorqs. Should be interesting to see how the difference develops over the next few years - or doesn't.

Tom S

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Le Mont

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The problem here, it seems to me, is that Tom wants a name that will invoke impressions of power, richness and beauty. It's not easy to find a simple name that displays all of these qualities, especially if one also wants to indicate that it's a Chardonnay. Some thoughts:

literal images: Jean Harlow (dated, but with the recent release of "The Aviator" maybe not so obscure now -- also has the Howard Hughes connection, Tom :P)

Galadriel (for LOTR buffs)

Aphrodite (for the classicists)

Of course, one could argue for a non-gender-biased image of beauty such as a mountain I suppose -- Mt. Shasta, perhaps?

metaphorical names: "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (this would be Jim Clendennen's choice IMO)

El Dorado (probably off limits due to the county name but has the CA link)

cutesy-pie:

"Butter Moan Rash Hay" (hey, if Fairview can get away with "Goats Do Roam"...)

Just my $0.02, Mark Lipton