Commemorative Wine Bottles
For the oenophiles, these look very cool. But has anyone done these commemorative bottles before? Is the wine garbage?
https://manoswine.com/products/hail-to-the-champions-collectors-3-pack
January 13th, 2024 at 11:15 AM ^
Hoping Charles Woodson does some special labels with his wine.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:16 AM ^
Good call. That’s actually what I should hold out for. That and bourbon.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:26 AM ^
Oh , awesome! Thank you for sharing!
January 13th, 2024 at 11:31 AM ^
I'm definitely buying that when it come out and hoping he comes back to Busch's in Plymouth to sign them.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:45 AM ^
I love his Pinot noir, wish I could buy his Whiskey retail here in AZ. I have not had it yet. Will definitely mail order a bottle of the special label whiskey when it comes out.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:49 AM ^
I love it also. I got 2 bottles of Whiskey signed last time he was here, but I haven't opened them.
January 13th, 2024 at 12:04 PM ^
The bourbon isn't anything special. great looking bottles etc.
But yeah not missing much on the taste.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:48 AM ^
Should also make a limited edition WHINE bottle for the buckeye fans.
January 13th, 2024 at 12:17 PM ^
+1 underrated
January 13th, 2024 at 1:28 PM ^
Tears aged in oak barrels?
January 13th, 2024 at 10:39 PM ^
I’ve been on a look out for a commemorative whiskey to go next to the bottle I had signed by him
January 13th, 2024 at 11:18 AM ^
According to Vivino, your average similarly rated cabernet sauvignon (3.8 stars on Vivino) costs 8-10 bucks a bottle.
But you're not really buying it for the wine. Drink it for the bottle, don't drink it for the bottle.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:19 AM ^
I don't buy anything from a company that goes by man-o-swine.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:31 AM ^
its just not kosher...
January 13th, 2024 at 11:36 AM ^
^ best comment of the day ^
[Edit/add: neither are cheeseburgers 😉 ]
January 13th, 2024 at 12:45 PM ^
I tried to limit my reaction to just a sheepish grin 😀 but it ended up 😆😂😆
January 13th, 2024 at 12:52 PM ^
Ewe're killing it, Rob.
😉
January 13th, 2024 at 12:53 PM ^
XM...You got a real life LOL from me. Well done, sir.
January 13th, 2024 at 12:57 PM ^
Here's the owner/chief vintner "Man-O-Swine" himself, as he contemplates enjoying a bottle of the swill he produced.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:31 AM ^
I’d hold out for something licensed, these are just generic that any company can do.
January 13th, 2024 at 3:08 PM ^
I am surprised the UM lawyers haven't told these folks to take (at least part of) these down. The bottle on the left clearly infringes on Michigan's trademarked helmet design.
The ones in the middle and right are very likely fine, but the left one is clearly the helmet.
https://brand.umich.edu/trademarks-permissions/trademarks/
January 13th, 2024 at 3:33 PM ^
There’s a reason they didn’t include the winged part.
January 13th, 2024 at 5:31 PM ^
Yeah not too stoked about “Hail to the Champions”
I do dig the BET bottle tho
January 13th, 2024 at 11:33 AM ^
In '84/'85, I hosted a BYOCB (the C was for cheap) party in my room in South Quad. One of the bottles that someone brought was Tiger Fever wine, after the '84 World Series. I held onto that empty for a long time, but sadly it was lost to the sands of time.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:51 AM ^
Yeah, the sommelier at French Laundry in Napa looked at my funny when I asked if they had any 1984 Tiger Fever.
January 13th, 2024 at 11:37 AM ^
Woodson said on Twitter (X) that he's going to have something too so I would wait for those personally.
January 13th, 2024 at 12:29 PM ^
This is garbage, yes.
January 13th, 2024 at 12:35 PM ^
So winning a National Title really is like going to Disney World. But instead of mickey mouse or the princesses, They slap maize and blue on everything and mark it up 300%.
January 13th, 2024 at 1:32 PM ^
It works on me.
January 13th, 2024 at 1:44 PM ^
I almost dropped a grand on a watch.
January 13th, 2024 at 3:20 PM ^
My wife and I were laughing because my social media feed is full of ads for Michigan gear where they are literally just "putting a Block M on it".
Kind of reminds us of the Portlandia skit, https://youtu.be/GNpIOlDhigw?si=_QfzYWU5pLlxq7J2
January 13th, 2024 at 10:42 PM ^
I went to Meijer today and my wife had to talk me out of buying an ugly throw blanket and ugly coffee cup and remind me of $200 of gear in the mail. We then went to dinner and someone already had his champs hoodie and immediately regretted not buying that ugly coffee cup
January 13th, 2024 at 12:52 PM ^
That is the dumbest piece of natty swag I've seen yet.
It's Two Buck Chuck with a fancy paint job.
I've got a cellar full of plenty of bottles that cost more that I'll be happy to drink in 20 to 30 years, assuming I'm still alive. I could get my kid to paint some maize and blue stripes on them if I wanted, but Alfred Tesseron would probably be disappointed.
January 13th, 2024 at 1:35 PM ^
Their bottles are actually very well done.. Much more than paint, they are engraved and fairly 3d looking... as to the wine, yah I would expect it to likely be $1.50 chuck at best ;-)
January 13th, 2024 at 1:11 PM ^
they should all be Boone's Farm
January 13th, 2024 at 10:42 PM ^
Don’t tempt me with a good time
January 13th, 2024 at 1:14 PM ^
Have a few of these from 49ers (although licensed) and some corporate branded events - also just got 2 bottles of the helmet one.
can’t imagine a world where I care about the wine that’s inside it or would ever open them.
January 13th, 2024 at 1:29 PM ^
Manoswine? Does Torgo stomp the grapes or is it Mike now that he serves the Master?
January 13th, 2024 at 1:34 PM ^
I bought one
January 13th, 2024 at 1:39 PM ^
I assume these actually contain something, unlike the commemorative Fruit Loops boxes.
January 13th, 2024 at 2:25 PM ^
Under their own label, on their website, they’re selling in the mid $20s. Their sourcing information checks out, but is a tad vague. Pinot Noir comes from Willamette, Tuscan from Tuscany, red blend from “premiere wine making regions of California”. But that’s too vague for anyone who considers themselves an Oenophile. Bottom line, they would probably be priced in the $8-15 range at your local retailer.
Woodson’s labels are all $20 and give me a bit more to work with in terms of sourcing and style. Still, they too, if bottled by a mainstream vintner would probably retail at about that same level.
just to satisfy my curiosity, I just bought a bottle from Woodson. I’ll be interested to see if I actually get it. Problem is, here in Michigan shipping of wine is verboten, for the most part. OTOH, maybe this gets classified as a “novelty” and it ships.
I bought the Pinot Noir and I’m going to be interested to see what that 15% ABV tastes like. Pinots are typically lighter than that.