Not quite the Horse’s Ass I posted last year, but this label of “Frog’s Piss” is, well, interesting.

A few weeks ago, Monty Python unleashed their official YouTube channel. They were sick of people posting Monty Python videos in sub-par quality. Here’s a great one from a while ago: bicycle repairman!

Not too bad a deal for $4.95, you can order your own custom, witty, wine labels for your wine friends this holiday season. And if you screw up sticking them on the wine bottle? They come in packs of 2!

It should come as no surprise that I love it when wine makers use images of bicycles on their labels. I like it even more when these images are classic and timeless. It looks as if this bike has training wheels! Don’t miss the story of one adventurer’s trip around the world on one of these bikes.

The Rudge “Coventry” Rotary Tandem Tricycle: 1884.

Seating for two. This famous machine demonstrates that the designers of the day were not afraid of asymmetry. It is propelled by the big wheel, driven by both riders, and steered by the two small wheels, which are interlinked by rods.

Fixed Gear Gallery :: vintage: “A promotional 1947 photograph of the Airstream Company. The gentleman on the bike is former french cycling champion Mr. Latourneau. He is towing an aluminium Airstream trailer to prove the feasibility of the combination, provided the right cog for the job is mounted.”

[Link]: Wine Label says:

“Son, you’re 21 years old. It’s time you learned the art of wine tasting.”
“I already know how you taste wine,” replied the sure young man. “This wine has an inky, purple hue with a sensational purity, flavors of a blackberry liqueur with a creme de cassis intensity and finishes outrageously rich.”
“I’m impressed,” said the father.
“Well, it’s not exactly Rocket Science.”
“That’s where you’re wrong, my boy. This is indeed Rocket Science.””

This tandem bicycle

can be ridden face-to-face, conventionally or even back-to-back as the seats rotate and the gears can be set to move the bike in either direction. ‘The bicycle is very easy to change. Any person can change the riding mode in around 10 seconds without the help of tools,’ says Chen. ‘Face-to-face is suitable for a parent and child, or dating couples, while the back-to-back mode gives both riders a good view, and the one at the back can have both hands free to shoot pictures or eat snacks.

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Saddles for REAL MEN!: “Are you a girly-man, riding a ‘unisex’ bicycle saddle,
or are you ready for a Real MAN Saddle?”

Wine labels are great. In a new series here on Wine and Wheels, I’m going to try and move beyond just posting labels with bicycles (although there will still be a lot of those, trust me) and post any label I find interesting or unusual.

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Fine French wine has new use: Fueling cars – International Herald Tribune: “The worldwide glut of wine has become so huge that for the first time in history, France is distilling some of its higher-rated wines into fuel. It is a painful thing in a land where winemaking is a labor of love and the fruit of that labor is celebrated as much as any art.”

I know this is from 2005, but with our current gas prices this seems still pretty interesting.