Ever Buy a Wine Just Because the Label was Cool?

WINE TALK
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Over at wine.woot today, they’eve got product offered by Mendocino Wine Company with cool band labels. http://wine.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4754505. Here’s what the labels look like:

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No doubt that this looks pretty cool, but unless you’re just going to stand this up on a shelf, I’m a little conflicted about buying the bottle just for the cool label. I wonder how much the winery has to pay in licensing fees to use these images.

Having said that, bottles with a half-naked Marilyn Monroe on the label are an entirely different story.

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Cringe-worthy.

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For drinking? Short answer- No. I actually have NOT bought wines that were recommended to me, simply because the labels seemed too kitchy or not serious.

However if I was looking for the perfect gift for a huge Pink Floyd (e.g.) memorabilia collector, I would consider the above. These don’t seem made for drinking, but are made to go on a display shelf somewhere.

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I’ve kind of done the opposite. I’ve not purchased wines because the label looked to plain, generic, uninviting. But I have a feeling that in those instances, I’d probably already made up my mind that i wasn’t going to buy and then once I saw the label it just drove home the point and made it official.

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I did take one of these home recently to show the wife. She thought it was amusing…not.

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Yeah, but I got lucky:

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I can’t find a picture on the internetz, but I once bought a bottle of Rusty Staub’s Le Grand Orange Cab just for the label.

My wife bought this for herself and her friend just for the label (I was not involved):

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When she asked what bottle she could open that night I hope you didn’t reply, “the one with your name on it.”

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Years ago, I used to buy a Pinot called Q.C. Fly. The label was covered with drawings of bugs (flies, I guess).

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Smith’s Kung-Fu Girl Riesling

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I bought this once, mostly because of the label. They’ve got some kind of funky stopper that is invoked by the name. The wine was actually ok.

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K Vintners “The Creator.” Very cool label and not a bad wine either, IMO.

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This picture doesn’t really do it justice, but I love the label on the Luce Brunello (Frescobaldi). Thank goodness the wine is just as good as the label, cuz the first time I saw it, I did buy it just for the label.

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Did it require surgery or were you able to pass the bottle during your morning constitutional? [wink.gif]

We used to give all our friends a bottle of Bitch and a Cheap Bastard Cigar for their anniversary.

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Sort of.

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I don’t only buy it for the label, but I think the labels on Montevertine Pergole Torte are cool.

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Only once I bought a German wine as a present because it had the name of my father-in-law on the label. The wine was ok nevertheless.

What I do more often, buying a wine despite its ugly label! [wow.gif]

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Have a bottle of Chateau St. Nicholais with a santa on the label that we put out each year as a decoration, think it is a white zin.

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Oh, the Zork topper. I actually think those are pretty neat.
http://www.zork.com.au/

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For the right crowd, this one is a big hit - Rhinestones and all!