Ammons Horn Wines

08/18/2021

Music in Healdsburg Plaza tonight. With

07/14/2021

Getting ready for special events! So exciting.
(Well, parking is boring, but necessary!)

Can't wait to see all of you soon!

06/18/2021

Hey Ammon's Horn Fans! Linda will be taking our 1941 Buick (a pre-war California Historical car) out for a tour of the Carneros back roads on this Sunday, Father’s Day. This beautifully restored car was previously owned by Linda’s father, a master mechanic who lovingly restored many antique and classic cars. This car has been tucked away in Linda’s garage for the past 15 months during COVID. She hopes it starts!

Sign Up for Our Email Newsletter We’ll let you know when we have an event, news from the vineyard or winery, or about any more great awards we might get! Also notifications with wine sales or newly posted blogs. SF Chronicle Wine Competion: Sweepstakes Winner – Best Packaging Design: 2018 Reserv...

06/16/2021

A little outdoor French table setting, travelling friends, and a vineyard view for the Clone 777...

05/14/2021

Fire up the pizza over with Ammon's Horn Wines! We like the Rose on a warm evening!

04/29/2021

Sadly, we aren't featured in this piece 🤣, however, it's a good informational article on Pink in Napa..
https://www.napavalleylifemagazine.com/rose-style-wines-for-all-occasions/

04/26/2021

Full Pink Super Moon tonight, people! Guess what goes with that??

04/24/2021

Spring has sprung big time at Ammon's Horn Wines! Our vineyard is popping with riotous color! (Green color, that is!) Carneros: Show us thy greenness!

04/07/2021

Want the full story on Ammon's Horn Wines? Check out this piece in the San Francisco Chronicle's Wine Competition Website:
https://storystudio.sfgate.com/geologist-wins-sweepstakes-multiple-gold-medals-with-debutante-brand-ammons-horn/

03/23/2021

Here are the reasons that Ammon's Horn won their packaging awards. Pretty interesting...
Paul Tincknell
Coordinator / Judge, Packaging Design Contest

Ammons Horn 2018 Pinot Noir Reserve Carneros, California
Sweepstakes Winner, Packaging Design Contest

Ammons Horn: Packaging Sweepstake Winner

March 3, 2021, Cloverdale, CA – Ammons Horn 2018 Pinot Noir Reserve Carneros from California was the Sweepstakes Winner in the Packaging Design Contest at the 2021 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, receiving a Gold and Best of Class in the Artistic Illustrative category. The judges selected it for the simplicity and beauty of the label, the ex*****on of the printing, and the strong graphical connection between the brand, growing region, and a founder’s profession.

The label has a textured matte black background that accentuates the embossed graphic of an ammonite, a fossilized cephalopod, rendered in brushed metallic gold foil and subtle pastel colors. The winery name is embossed in the same brushed metallic gold foil and uses a customized serifed font like Garamond. The rest of the front label text simply and elegantly identifies the wine in a minimal fashion, with the “Reserve” status called out in a script.

Ammons Horn (www.ammonshornwines.com) was established with the planting of the vineyard in 2002. It was founded by Roger Wolff, an architect by trade, and Linda McGlochlin Wolff, a California licensed geologist and certified hydrogeologist. The name of the winery and the prominent ammonite as the brand’s logo comes from Linda’s love of the fossil and its strong resemblance to a ram’s horn, subtly tying the brand to the Los Carneros region (Spanish for “the ram”) where the vineyard is located. Linda noted, “The most beautiful and rare ammonite fossils are those that become gold in color when they are pyritized.” Furthermore, the name “Ammon’s Horn” evokes the iconic spiral ram’s horn that is depicted on the ancient Egyptian and Greek god, Ammon or Amun. Today, it is a medical term for the hippocampus, the center of the human brain that controls memory and creativity. The winery donates a portion of sales to Alzheimer and Dementia charities, afflictions that impair both brain functions.

The label was designed by Julia Allen, the founder and creative director of Folia Design (www.foliadesign.com) in Napa, California, launched in 2002. She has created some of the most widely recognized and awarded design work in the North Bay, much of it in Napa and Sonoma, specializing in brand strategy, print, packaging and digital design. The label was printed by Paragon Label Company of Petaluma, California.
https://winejudging.com/medal-winners/2021-medal-winners/2021-802-sweepstakes-winner/

03/15/2021

Read owner Linda McGlochlin Wolff's first blog, regarding whether starting a small winery is worth it? Read and find out...

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