Eduardo Bertone’s Bear Flag Wine labels
|I was at the opening last night for the MOM & POPism exhibition of street art which was held on the rooftop of Gawker’s spacious New York digs. The artwork on display was cool, but it was the wine that was being served that really caught my eye. Not because it tasted good. No. In fact, it was just about the sweetest damn wine I’ve had since a visit to the wineries of Nashville a few years ago. Rather, it was the artwork on the labels.
Bear Flag Wine labels feature two brilliant illustrations by Eduardo Bertone, who has created a magical world full of strange creatures and enigmatic coloring. For pure eye candy and shelf appeal, the idea of tapping talented artists to produce memorable wine labels is winner, and this bottle would make a great gift for art-enthusiasts with a taste for candy-flavored alcohol.
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Zolton said | 30 September, 2009
Like you Dyann, I’ve been noticing the bottles around various parties I’ve been at recently. They seem to be sponsoring a lot of events involving the young creative set (not that I fit that criteria, but anyway …). It’s a cool label. As for the wine itself, hmmm, hmmm.
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Dyann said | 28 September, 2009
Agreed. The Bear Flag white wine is an overly complicated mix of grapes–not a pleasant result. The red version is better, but just drinkable. At $7.99 at BevMo, it’s not a huge bargain. But like Zolton, I really liked the label/s.
Turns out this is a Gallo wine. They bought the name from The Cheese Factory in Sonoma, but the wines are made with grapes from the central valley (I think).
Too bad.