Australian’s 19 Crimes wines with their cool augmented reality labels and great website full of stories have added an unexpected face to their cadre of criminals, that of Snoop Dogg. To launch their latest offering, 19 Crimes sent out samples of the Cali Red in a wooden branded Dogghouse, complete with Snoop Dizzle Wine Stopper and Doggfather Chalice to select wine journalists. Read more
Married celebs Ashton and Mila Kutcher have launched a Willamette Valley Oregon Pinot Noir with an interactive label as a “Quarantine” Wine, 100% of whose profits will go to various relief funds to provide medical equipment, the buying and delivery of ventilators, safe access to food and cash grants for families in need during this Coronavirus Pandemic. Read more
Not that you need an excuse to imbibe, but this is as good as one as any. Chateau La Paws supports No Kill dog shelters with a selection of California wines that sport labels shot by celebrity dog photographer Carli Davidson. Read more
Millar Road in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand was established by the Collinge family – Ginny and Jeremy and son Gregory – in December 2004. It’s an estate that offers both stylish accommodations (and a lovely venue for weddings) as well as their own brand of wines. They started producing their first wine,’The Supernatural’ in 2009, from vineyards they planted on the property. The Supernatural Wine Co. now produces certified organic, low intervention white and skin-fermented white wines with interesting label designs that are distributed throughout the world. Read more
You know better than to arrive at someone’s home or party without a gift in hand! Thankfully, there’s an online service with a custom wine line from Penrose Hill. Pick from one of their three varietals and select a previously designed label from their options. Read more
A beautiful companion piece to Les dîners de Gala, the Salvador Dali illustrated cookbook we previously featured, is Dali’s The Wines of Gala. Just published, the hardcover epicurean guide to wine is 296 pages and filled with more than 140 illustrations of Salvador Dali’s surrealistic art. Read more
The collection of Director’s wines were created to honor Francis Ford Coppola’s two great loves: wine and film. The Northern California winery has added to the Director’s family with a new line-up of three limited-edition wines inspired by directors and movies that Francis holds in greatest admiration; King Kong, The Wizard of Oz and JAWS. Read more
