1) Resized them to 500 pixels wide
2) Added a 2 pixel black border (important for helping the flag stand out against a white background)
3) Added 48 pt. Futura Medium text with the English name of the country
It's really not that much work, but I like the way it works. Here are three examples, shown at the Blogger.com settings of Large, Medium, and Small (and they remain clear and readable even at a third of the size of the small one shown here):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUa4Heee-0sigeXNQ7Zaq854vzTcL8AWOv4sWgkTYHonvZ3ruB0DH4mh_1fqgSMRluW59-2kYCoIH44C6h3fGfVElhCYONAYMRnc5PN9L_80pxm-Ave-7umBMhT6xoDNiCwmVn/s400/Flag-Mexico.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ndMmtWHKqIKgSuesy056oviqx7APMKOJZ4YMG9VPG00C_gSnCl97MMWqSX61XRW-7Fu_y0UWNSg2-WgJEMAONFzDpop0Sqsv4iCzJlcg2Az9MzzoBGpc0eP166WcfPBvHUgR/s320/Flag-Canada.png)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqL7JqoxAfifloxuSBd7Qc3e3uB3wGn9mVoStojK944mUx0D3jcKEeslGqMhxzXBqOcNpLsmlatkVDE0bYq9_42lI6SBCkia0XQ2fSYKtLw9SypDKvb67fMtOygNrSQfmXbvr/s200/Flag-Nicaragua.png)
(I made the Nicaraguan one for an upcoming rum post.) I made flags for the major wine states of the US plus some major and minor wine countries of the world. It's not a full list of everything I've tasted (25 countries/16 states), but I don't plan on tasting Belarussian wines again anytime soon and don't feel like updating that old post. Full list: Argentina, Australia, Austria, California, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oregon, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Washington. All full size at 500px as lovely PNGs, wrapped up in a single archive. For any other winebloggers that want to use these, have fun!
Click here to download ZIP archive