There’s something truly wrong with America when people start worrying about a drawing of a nude woman on a wine label:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A wine label showing a nude nymph is too racy for Alabama’s liquor control agency, which has told restaurants and stores not to sell the product.
The label on Cycles Gladiator wine, produced by Hahn Family Wines in Soledad, Calif., shows a vintage 1895 bicycle advertising poster with a nude nymph flying beside a winged bicycle.
The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board recently sent a letter to stores and restaurants telling them not to sell the wine because the label had been rejected by the agency. Alabama liquor regulations prohibit labels that are offensive or immodest.
Of course, why a state agency should have the power to approve or disapprove wine labels goes unanswered.
H/T: Ron Chusid
Aside from the silliness of trying to ban the label, the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is also taking a stand against consumers because this is damn good wine for its price point.