Rare Blank

I'm always drawn to the Rothschild's labels... they have a tradition of commissioning famous artists to design pictures for its labels since 1923. This one in particular is very interesting..

This sketch of a naked young girl by Balthus for the 1993 vintage raised a major storm of protests in the USA, and Rothschild withdrew all 30,000 bottles destined for the American market and replaced their labels with blanks where the controversial sketch had been.  Crazy, right?! 

This is the replaced label:

The label with the sketch has to be one of the rarest... if only I could get my hands on one, talk about the perfect Christmas gift!!

Genius DIY Wine Tray

Love this idea! Use the wine crates you throw out or go to your local wine store to see if they have any laying around.

You can turn this:

Into this:

images from here and here

I have the most intelligent friends!

Bragging rights to all my friends coast to coast...they always give the most brilliant gifts!! BE JEALOUS!
One gift I received this past holiday was wine mouth wipes! Uuummm HELLO! I always get purple mouth and its so embarrassing. These little gems wipe the purple right of my drunken little smirk! 

$6.95 on winewipes.com