Alabama bans Cycles Gladiator wine

**Cataboo** · 07-31-2009, 09:06 AM

Alabama doesn't want any images of naked flying nymphs hanging off bicycles on the labels of wine bottles sold in the state and that's just the way it is.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...Fsc%3Dfb&cc=fp

**GulfCoastAmy** · 07-31-2009, 09:09 AM

I don't know why they do stuff like that. Makes us all sound like a bunch of hicks (which we aren't, I promise!).

**lo123** · 07-31-2009, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by GulfCoastAmy

I don't know why they do stuff like that. Makes us all sound like a bunch of hicks (which we aren't, I promise!).

Amen..

Stupid state politicians....

**SlowButSteady** · 07-31-2009, 10:14 AM

The image is lovely, isn't it?

And the ban is sure to boost wine sales.

**Tri Girl** · 07-31-2009, 11:18 AM

makes me want to buy some now, and I'd never heard of it before.

Our state does that, too. We want our state to be "pure and righteous" so we'll ban something ridiculous because it looks good for the politicians.

**BikeDutchess** · 07-31-2009, 11:22 AM

Oh my, and I thought that I lived in a conservative state! I wonder if our liquor commission will be far behind on this one...

**MartianDestiny** · 07-31-2009, 09:11 AM

Hahn said he will never miss the 500 cases sold annually in Alabama. "There is going to be a significant increase in our sales,"

BACKFIRE!

**Cataboo** · 07-31-2009, 02:02 PM

They have jerseys as well:
http://store.hahnfamilywines.com/ind...arketingURL=1&

Teamestrogen has a version of it - but I like the dark background better.

http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodRI_GLADIATOR.html

**lunacycles** · 07-31-2009, 04:37 PM

I have a framed version of that image in my shop, and an empty bottle (label intact) that holds my pieces of welding and brazing rod. It is one of my favorites (obviously). She is beautiful.

**PamNY** · 07-31-2009, 06:53 PM

Oh, that's funny. And nostalgic, since I grew up in the South. Of course human foolishness knows no geography, but this does seem very, very Southern.

**lo123** · 08-01-2009, 02:05 PM

Maybe I should get the jersey and ride here in good old Alabama... Though I might get a ticket for indecent exposure or some such nonsense.

**crazycanuck** · 08-01-2009, 05:00 PM

I don't know about a ticket...I think some folks might just drop dead in fright

**shewhobikes** · 08-02-2009, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by lo123

Maybe I should get the jersey and ride here in good old Alabama... Though I might get a ticket for indecent exposure or some such nonsense.

We should do it. How perfectly stupid this is...

**Pedal Wench** · 08-03-2009, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by lo123

Maybe I should get the jersey and ride here in good old Alabama... Though I might get a ticket for indecent exposure or some such nonsense.

I have the old REI version of the Cycles Gladiator jersey - sleeveless.

So, I put it on and we headed out on the Silver Comet trail here in Georgia, aiming for the Alabama state line for a neat century and photo op. Five miles from the boundary, the skies opened, lightening all around and wind gusts straight out of the west forced us to turn back towards Atlanta.

Guess that's a pretty powerful ban.

**andtckrtoo** · 07-31-2009, 05:37 PM

Wow. In this day and age. Just wow. I would love the jersey actually. It's gorgeous. And yeah, the wine sales will go through the roof now! Good for them.

And for anyone interested in supporting the winery - Hahn makes an excellent well priced Pinot Noir. A friend of mine got some for me when she was in Carmel and I would compare it favorably to Golden Eye (Duckhorn's Pinot). It's not quite as good, but it's also not $70 a bottle.

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