Label Contest Judging
January 2011

David Schuemann was part of the panel of judges at the First Annual 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Label Contest. The label contest winner was selected from 85 label entries. The SF Chronicle Wine Competition has once again broken records with overall entries at over 5,000 from 23 states, making it the largest competition of American wines in the world. The public tasting will be held Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

How Wine Became Modern Exhibit
Design + Wine 1976 to Now
November 10, 2010 - April 17, 2011

CF Napa Brand Design is honored to announce to inclusion of several of their wine package designs in this prestigious exhibit.

How Wine Became Modern explores the visual culture of wine and its stunning transformation over the last three decades. Designed in collaboration with renowned architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the exhibition combines historical artifacts, architectural models, design objects, newly commissioned artworks, and enticing installations, including a “smell wall,” to probe many aspects of wine culture, among them: the globalization of wine; concepts of terroir; wine in popular media; new strategies in label, glassware, and winery design; and wine tourism.

This exhibit runs from November 10, 2010 – April 17, 2011 at SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. For more information on the exhibit visit http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/406

Art & Wine The Expression of
An Industry Exhibit
August - October 2010

CF Napa Brand Design was honored to have six of the studio’s wine label, shippers and other work included in this comprehensive look at the artwork, packaging and presentation of Napa Valley’s internationally-acclaimed wines.

BevStar Awards 2010
July 2010

The BevStar Awards recognize innovation among individual brands across beverage categories based on innovation in ingredients, packaging and positioning, as well as overall uniqueness. CF Napa’s concept and design for the Four Wines Tube was selected as the Eco-Leader. This innovative packaging reduces its carbon footprint by 50% vs. traditional wine packaging, uses 100% recyclable materials and is printed using wind power.

How to Make Sense of Today’s
Chaotic Luxury Wine Market
An Advanced Survival School
for Wine Marketers
June 10, 2010

David Schuemann the Owner and Creative Director of CF Napa, was a featured speaker at Rubicon Estate for the June Luxury Marketing Council conference on the Luxury Wine in the Napa Valley. Dave offered tangible and actionable examples of successful strategies and tactics that CF Napa employs with its clients in today’s marketplace that are creating and strengthening brand performance, customer experience, and market ROI for products, services and venues.