MORE UNUSUAL LABELS
CAT'S PEE ON A GOOSEBERRY BUSH
Some
Sauvignon Blanc wines are so pungent, they can remind tasters of the fragrance
(if you want to call it that) of cat's pee. The French technical term for
this is "pipi du chat."
Some British firm decided to market a Sauvignon using this curious label.
Here's a great old label from the California Wine Association.
Here's a label someone sent to me that's supposedly a wine label from World War
I.
Grenache from the Corbires region.
Never heard of the Ghianda Winery?
Neither have we.
Wine from Fredonia, New York.
Chateau Chevalier was an old vineyard and winery half-way up Spring Mountain in
Saint Helena in the Napa Valley. This is a label used by the founder of
the property, a French fellow named Fortune Chevalier.
The late Pat Paulsen, a comedian on the Smothers' Brothers TV show, had a
winery in Cloverdale. Some of the wines were pretty nice, but the winery
eventually fell on hard times.
Here's a label responding to some criticism of the winery's bland art work.
Geoff Merrill is the winemaker in Australia.
France does have a "Cadillac" appellation, the wines from there often
being sweet whites.
German Sparkling wine label from long ago.
Nebiolo! (Today we spell it Nebbiolo)...
Another Nebiolo...
Freisa is rarely produced these days, but here's a label from someone who
probably made a fizzy and mildly sweet red from that variety.
A New York winery was bottling California "Burgundy" way back when and
calling it "Italia" brand!
How about a good Kosher wine from Hungary?
The Kaeferkopf vineyard site is still famous in Alsace today!
Someone thought having Dean
Martin endorse his own wine was a good marketing idea.
Here's a nice poster for wineries in France's Lyon area, south of Burgundy.
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