A really close relative is getting married in one month, and I have most of the gift put together.

I bought a wine chest to hold 6 bottles of wine.

http://www.winestuff.com/cgi-bin/sh000013.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewinestuff%2ecom%2facatalog%2f&WD=chest%20treasure&PN=Six_Bottle_Treasure_Island_Travel_Case%2ehtml%23aW600#aW600

And on each bottle I am making a tag, one for their 1st year anniversary, one for 2nd year ann. one for 5th, one for 10th, and one for first child (+1).

However the chest holds 6 bottles and I only have 5. Should I add another bottle and include another tag? If so, what? Or, does anyone have any ideas of what could fill that last spot? It measures about 4 inches by 4 inches.
The couple is planning on having children. We have known them for 23+ years (the groom anyway). He was raised with my husband. If for any reason they were unable to get pregnant, they would either (1) adopt or (2) get another dog, which if that’s the case, they can use it then? I could just simply put "+1 Addition to the family"?

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Otherwise, consumers coming to the style for the first time will be mislead into believing this is the way it was always intended to taste.

Currently there are no restrictions, for example, on producers of Brunello or Amarone from altering the traditional style with the generic, modern "international" style of winemaking.

What suggestions would you give to regulators for distinguishing between a traditional and a generic "international" style of wine on the label?
For example, say the combination of grape X from region Y traditionally equals style Z that has less alcohol, tannin, or fruit forwardness, and the modern generic style takes it in the completely opposite direction, with no indication on the label of the divergence from the original model. This is at least misleading as to what is meant by style Z, especially for a newbie having it for the first time.
Here are some links:
http://www.thewinenews.com/octnov00/cover.html
http://www.castellobanfi.com/features/wnew17.html (last paragraph)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunello_di_Montalcino (last paragraphs)

Even a regulated area still allows significant variation in style from traditional to "international" within that appellation. And as the the first article notes, rules in Brunello have changed numerous times in the last 2 decades (and are relatively young in the history of Brunello to begin with).

I’m advocating a distinction between an international and traditional style on already regulated labeled wines.

Perhaps even a voluntary distinction on the label between a food wine and a social wine (high alc, low acid, over-oaked international style fruit bomb) would be nice.
another link:
http://www.winemag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=A3017EE5269F4DDAB7210B3F969DA475

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