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  • Kimberly Kelly Santini Wins 2010 Mutt Lynch Winery – Dog Art Today Contest

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    Rusty by Kimberly Kelly Santini

    Congratulations Kimberly Kelly Santini, this year's winner of the Mutt Lynch Winery – Dog Art Today Wine Label Contest. Winemaker, Brenda Lynch, label designer, Rae Huestis, and I are thrilled that this soulful piece will grace the bottle of an exclusive bottle of red to be released at this year's Dog Days of Summer event in Healdsburg, Sonoma, CA on August 14, 2010.  The wine will simply be called "Rusty" and 10% of proceeds will benefit the SFPCA.

    Kimberly will win a case of wine, tickets to the event, and a profile on Dog Art Today.  We love "Rusty" and can't wait to taste his namesake.  Thank you again, to all the artists who entered.   We look forward to seeing you next year.

  • Mutt Lynch – Dog Art Today Top 10 Wine Labels

    Congratulations!  The following wine labels now go to the finals.  The winner will be selected by Brenda Lynch – winemaker/co-owner of Mutt Lynch Winery,  Rae Huestis –
    wine label designer, and Moira McLaughlin (me) – founder of Dog Art
    Today, and announced here on Monday June 22.  Thank you everyone who participated.  And yes, we hope to do it all again next year!

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    1.)  Vineyard Crew by Mylette Welch
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    2.) Leeroy Out Loud! by Kellie Oliphant-Burns
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    3.) Cheers by Maggie Crawford
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    4.) Frances by Cheralynn Johnston
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    5.) A Mellow Yellow by MarySue Krueger
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    6.) Boomerang by Jen Raynes
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    7.) Caber "NOSE" Merlot by Jennifer K. Keller
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    8.) Doggedly Faithful by Nikki Solone
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    9.) Bully Blend by Kristin Bowen

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    10.) Barcchus: The canine god of wine (after Caravaggio) by Christine Throckmorton

    The wine with the winning label will debut at a 12:00 pm press conference on August 8, 2009 at Mutt Lynch Winery's Dog Days of Summer event in Healdsburg, CA.  Only 500 bottles of this exclusive Meritage will be released.  Please come and help us celebrate dogs, wine, and art benefiting the Healdsburg Animal Shelter.  Tickets are $10.  Click here for more information.

  • Vote For Your Favorite Dog Art Wine Label This Week!

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    I am in awe of all your beautiful and ingenious entries for the Mutt Lynch – Dog Art Today Wine Label Contest.  Thank you everyone for participating.  The contest has blown past my wildest expectations.

    Description of the wine that will have the winning label: a Dry Creek Valley Meritage, which is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and
    Merlot that is aged in 100% French oak for 18 months.  Only 500 bottles
    of this rare and exclusive wine will be produced.

    Click here to review all 51 wine labels and then cast your vote for your favorite.  The top 10 artists with the most votes will go to the next round.  Then, the winner will be selected from the finalists by judges Brenda Lynch – winemaker/co-owner of Mutt Lynch Winery,  Rae Huestis – wine label designer, and Moira McLaughlin (me) – founder of Dog Art Today.

    Voting runs until midnight PST, Friday, June 19, 2009.

    The wine with the winning label will debut at The Dog Days of Summer event at Mutt Lynch Winery August 8, 2009.  Proceeds benefit the Healdsburg Animal Shelter.  Please come and bring your dogs.

    photo credit: Vote Dog by Rebecca Collins.

  • Wine Label Contest Deadline Tonight at Midnight

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    You still have time to put the finishing touches on your Mutt Lynch-Dog Art Today wine label entry before the deadline tonight at midnight.  Contest guidelines are here.  Voting for the top 10 finalists will begin Monday June 15 and continue through Friday June 19.  Remember to get your friends to vote for you.

    The winning label will grace an exclusive new bottle of Meritage from Mutt Lynch Winery.  The wine will debut at Mutt Lynch's annual Dog Days of Summer event, a day of wine, dogs, and dog art in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, CA on August 8, 2009 from 11 am to 5 pm.  Tickets are $10 and proceeds benefit the Healdbsurg Animal Shelter.  Click here for more information.  Dogs are welcome.  Darby and I will be there and we would love to meet you and your pups.

    Photo credit: Dog in Knutsen Vineyard, Willamette Valley, Oregon by  Janis Miglavs.