Orioles stars appear on wine labels
For Orioles fans for whom memories of a glorious baseball past are like sips of wine on a balmy day, they'll be able to have both this season -- meaning their memories and the wine.
Two Orioles Hall of Famers, Brooks Robinson and Eddie Murray, will have their own wine labels. Robinson will be on a Chardonnay and Murray on a 504 Cabernet Sauvignon (Murray hit 504 home runs during his career). In both instances, proceeds from wine sales will go to charity, the Baltimore Community Foundation.
The wines are being produced by Eos Estate Winery out of Paso Robles, Calif. The wines are expected to retail for $17 and be on the market locally sometime in May. This year, 500 Home Run Club wines are being issued in two other markets, an Ernie Banks in Chicago, and a Mike Schmidt in Philadelphia. An organization called Charity Wines said it plans to launch more than 30 wines this year in association with professional baseball, football and hockey players.
Comments
Neat idea. Somebody needs to make an bottle of milk, and make it look like an iron bottle and then put Ripken and 2632 on it.
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Capt.,
I think you have your get-rich idea.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: Captain Jack | February 27, 2008 2:04 PM
Paso Robles Chardonnay? Brooksie, that's a horrible, overripe, one-dimensional way to represent your legacy. If Brooks must be Chard, his well-balanced play would be better represented by a wine from the Russian River Valley, or perhaps from the Santa Cruz Mountains for its potential to age gracefully.
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Mr. Gray,
I have to confess, I buy wines because I like their labels and are less than $15 so I have no basis for comment. Thanks for writing.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: W. Blake Gray | February 27, 2008 2:32 PM
Is this a screw cap or cork bottle? :)
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They didn't mention but it is $17. I attended one of those 90-minute wine tastings they hold for tourists a year ago in that well-known wine center, Phoenix, and the guy there ... who did seem to know his stuff ... indicated that screw caps are not the dubious sign they once were.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: Captain Jack | February 28, 2008 12:05 PM
Been a while, Mr. Ordine...
Bill, the question is are the wines any good? Are these the same wines that the Red Sox (I think) promoted a while ago with the same vendor?
I'm not so much an alcohol drinker, but my girlfriend is and I'll just order them anyway as a collectible...
Hope all is well,
Anthony
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Anthony,
Thanks for writing. I have not tried the wines yet ... they very well could be some of the same wines or from the same place because the company does put out a whole line of wines featuring players from other teams and sports. I agree that they are essentially a collectible item.
-- Bill O.
Posted by: Anthony | March 20, 2008 9:46 AM