Nazi Wine Leaves Bad Taste

Posted on September 7, 2003 by glasscastle

As reported here Friday, the German government has asked
Italy to investigate whether wine with labels depicting Nazis
Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler violates European
Union anti-racism rules.

German tourists are importing the wine from
Italy and also able to purchase it on the Internet. A prize to the first
reader who sends in the ordering URL.

from
Reuters
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6 Responses to Nazi Wine Leaves Bad Taste

  1. Dennis Moser says:
    September 8, 2003 at 3:50 pm

    Here is the URL for the vineyards…

    http://www.vinilunardelli.it/

    unless your Italian is much better than mine, you might want to choose the English version (click on the flag)…you can then choose the “Shopping online” or the “Historical series” to see the labels in question. They are using frames, so the actual “order” URL is:

    http://www.vinilunardelli.it/ING/acquisti.html

    Ciao!

  2. bill lang says:
    December 6, 2003 at 2:00 pm

    as a collector, where can i purchase the “nazi” wine on the internet or in the u.s.a.

  3. bill lang says:
    December 6, 2003 at 2:01 pm

    as a collector, where can i purchase the “nazi” wine on the internet or in the u.s.a.

  4. Phany says:
    August 24, 2005 at 11:23 pm

    You are the best. Thank you http://www.bignews.com

  5. Keith Wallace, The Wine School of Philadelphia says:
    November 18, 2006 at 12:36 pm

    Goes to show that the best way to sell offensivley bad wine is by being a offenive yourself.

  6. D. Trott says:
    September 26, 2007 at 1:17 pm

    Sirs:
    Regarding your recent item reporting on Italian “Hitler Wine”, please note that we have tried this vintage and are able to report the following:
    This wine is excessively bold, with a very bitter after-taste. Doesn’t sit well with Russian food, completely dominates French cuisine, but can be successfully paired with tpasta and sushi. Palette can best be cleansed with U.K. malt whiskeys and, epsecially, American domestic brews.
    Hitler wine has a full bodied taste with hints of blackcurrant, leather, gunpowder, steel, brick, and burnt wood. “This is a bottle with a message in it, and the message is ‘beware’. This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.”
    Ultimately its taste will die in the cellar. Even so, this vintage may still be fccasionally found in rural South American cafes.

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