When I walked past this wall of wines my spidey sense kicked in. The one I wrote about in a recent blog post. It's my super power. It's the only one I have. I'm very proud of it.
Take a closer look. Can you spot what interested me?
I've pulled it off the rack. Now you can tell why it attracted my attention. She's definitely a Bolles girl. Not a complete swipe but clearly inspired from a particular cover image.
Here's a side by side comparison of the cover and the label. As far as these go I think the artist did a nice job personalizing the image while keeping the Bolles vibe. It seems to me very much an homage.
And there's more. One of my best Bolles pals sent me this label he found just this week. I'm not entirely sure whether this is an actual label or a "Bolles fan-tasy", but I like it none-the-less.
I can vouch that the final example is an actual label, and that's because I provided the vintner with the scan of the Bolles girl for the label. They promised me a case of it in return for my trouble (and more important, pledged to put Bolles' signature on the label) but alas the wine never arrived. And so I can't remark as to whether the wine would be too dry or sugary for your palate, but that label sure is sweet.
