Pescevino Rosso

The other fish-shaped bottled wine I’ve tried was the Boscato Rosso from Villa Dante which unfortunately was shockingly bad.

I’d previously spotted (but not tasted) another Pescevino Rosso bottle on a trip to Katsunuma, but that was a blue bottle, so a different blend perhaps?

Anyway, it’s good to know that these gimmicky wine bottles are still out there! And while they’re out there, I’ll keep buying them! (Well, maybe just the once, depending on what’s inside them of course).

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Stamp Of Australia Wine

It’s called “Dokodemo Wine” (どこでもワイン) in Japanese which translates as “Anywhere Wine” , because you can take it and drink it anywhere as you can see from the picture, the bottles “closure” is actually a plastic bottle which you unscrew and fill with the wine.

Hardys Shiraz Cabernet

The wine itself is called Stamp of Australia and is produced by Hardys Winery in Australia and it’s not bad (bearing in mind it comes in a plastic bottle so you can’t expect Mouton Rothschild), it’s very drinkable and I’ll definitely be buying some for my next bbq by the river or picnic – just a shame I didn’t find it earlier for this years “Cherry Blossom Viewing”.


It’s a hell of a lot better than the other take-out wine, the canned wine from Barokes.

They also make a Chardonnay Semillion version which I’ll buy next time I’m the supermarket.

I reviewed the Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon “Stamp of Australia” here.
The Barokes Bubbly Red Wine is here and the Rose here.

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Villa Dante Boscato Rosso Fish Shaped Bottle

A while ago a reader of this blog contacted me about the Villa Dante Boscate Rosso wine (in the gorgeous fish shaped bottle).

Which I blogged about a while ago (here).

Basically this person wanted to know where they could buy this wine in America (Florida, specifically).
Well I found the bottle in Osaka, Japan, so unfortunately I can’t help much in that regard.

However if anybody else knows where this wine can be found in the US (I believe they were actually after the white wine version), can they leave a comment and I’ll pass it on to them.

Thanks everyone!

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Fish Shaped Sake Bottle

They make some excellent sake and even though I wanted this bottle unfortunately the ￥5000 ($50) price was a little bit out of my range (on that day, and most days to be honest).

Other Fish Bottle Posts:
Villa Dante Boscato Rosso
Pescevino

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Silver Palms Cab Sauvignon Wine Bottle

For reasons I’d rather not go into, I receive occasional emails from “Shelf Impact” (from the publishers of Packaging World!). Well, I’m sure you can imagine what a gripping read that is – however I shouldn’t criticise as occasionally something interesting does crop up.

Like this for example:
Jackson Family Wines in California have recently won the “Overall Package Design” in the 2009 Clear Choice Awards from the Glass Packaging Institue.
Apparently the logo is screen printed in inks that contain platinum flakes…so far so…what.
However if you click the image to see the enlarged close up version it does actually look pretty impressive.

Also the bottle is 1inch taller than your standard 750ml bottle and slightly tapered at the shoulder – apparently this is a subliminal way of expressing quality.

Goes to show, a lot of thought goes into the actual bottle of wine and not just the wine itself.

Silver Palms Cabernet Sauvignon website

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