Cycles GladiatorA poster of a nude nymph on a bicycle, from 1895, has been deemed pornographic.

Earlier this week management at MBC United, a Birmingham-based company that distributed the wine throughout the state, was informed by the ABC that the label on Cycles Gladiator wines had been deemed pornographic, that the label hadn’t been properly approved by the board and it would now have to be removed from stores. The offending label carries a reproduction of an art poster done in 1895 by an unknown Parisian artist introducing the Cycles Gladiator bicycle. The poster depicts a nude woman with flowing red hair essentially flying through space with a bicycle.

Just thought I would share, because this is one of my all time favorite wine labels. Story here, and best comment from bama_in_hawaii:

This is soooo WRONG on soooo many levels.

The naked truth is this: Even if the label was completely blacked out, if you drink enough of the stuff, you could still start seeing naked nymphs on winged bicycles!!!

UPDATE: The Chocolate Lady blog has photoshopped red socks onto her feet to make her decent!