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Are You Going to Drink That?
by Dan Burnstein, Staff Writer


*Stilton & Merlot* by Lewis Barrett Lehrman

Chateau Mouton-Rothschild has long produced some of history's greatest wine. Surprisingly, Mouton is also readily associated with fine art.


*Red Wine* by Ilya Lerner

Each year since 1945, the Rothschilds have commissioned a well-known artist for an image that would grace the labels of all their bottles of Bordeaux.


*The Red Bottle* by Martine Mikaelian

Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol are a few of the masters who have produced paintings for Mouton, receiving compensation in the form of cases of wine.


*Basket and Wine* by Herb Weinberg

Here's more on "Wine and Art" at PaintingsDIRECT.com.

Incidentally, while few such collections exist, a wine lover would be compelled to spend upwards of $30,000 for one (full) bottle of each vintage--a 'full vertical.' Art lovers collect empties with equal fervor.

See a related article in Wine Spectator or view Kenwood Vineyards similar program.

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