Hitler themed wine on sale in Remini

[Fambo Number Mive]

The wine, adorned with Adolf Hitler's face and slogans such as "Mein Führer," "Sieg Heil" and "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer," have sparked fury from around the globe and condemnation from Jewish groups after it became known online that wine shops in Remini, Italy, were selling them. 

"A store employee said Germans very much like to buy these wines, and they are clearly the big hit there," Dr. Dagmar Millesi, who recently spotted the series while in Remini, told The Times of Israel. "The saleswoman was even amused at my outrage ... nobody is angry about it, no one forbids it ... I couldn't believe it."

This isn't the first time that Vini Lunardelli, the Italian winemaker who makes the niche bottles, has received backlash for his offensive wine labels. According to the The Times of London, the winemaker has been producing historically themed wines for over 25 years. Some include depictions of controversial leaders from Napoleon Bonaparte to Benito Mussolini. Hitler was already among the dictators included in the so-called History Series, prompting a call for a boycott from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The Lunardelli website even allows customers to customize their Hitler label.

"The Wiesenthal Center denounces the marketing of these products and urges wine distributors in Italy and around the world to send the only message the owner of this firm might understand — that they choose not to do any business with someone using the Nazi mass murderer as a blatant marketing tool," rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper said in a statement for the center...

You can see the wine labels, which have portraits of Hitler on them and slogans in German, at the History Net link here (obviously NSFW): https://www.historynet.com/hitler-wine-draws-ire/

All seems pretty grim really, I don't drink wine but if I did I don't think I'd want Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler on my bottles.

[Zero Gravitas]

Hitler looking like a tall drink himself, on those bottles.

[elliszeroed]

I bet it tastes better than the Gary Barlow wine.

[king_tubby]

We had this one a few years ago didn't we?

Yep.

EDIT: https://www.thelocal.it/20130806/hitler-wine-not-intended-to-offend-company-owner/

[kalowski]

(obviously NSFW): https://www.historynet.com/hitler-wine-draws-ire/

You say NSFW but I work for a fascist builders' merchant so we're ok with it.

[bgmnts]

Pretty funny to be honest. I'd probably drink Hitler wine.

[Blumf]

Is there a Cromwell one? Probably be a whiskey, thinking about it.

[Butchers Blind]

If only we could go back in time and kill the baby grapes

[Icehaven]

How is the thread title not Wine Führer? Seriously though what's the connection between the product and the theme here, were the grapes grown near his birthplace or something? If not it's all a bit Joy Division Oven Gloves isn't it, just sticking a picture of Hitler on the bottle with a few German words when the actual wine has fuck-all to do with him.

[king_tubby]

How is the thread title not Wine Führer?

Pretty good. Pretty pretty good.

[Natnar]

How is the thread title not Wine Führer?

Or The Grapes Of Reich

[kalowski]

Handy Hock.

[Fambo Number Mive]

They stick loads of historical figures on the wine labels - Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini - not just Hitler. It's Hitler on the wine labels that has caused the most outcry.

[Kankurette]

Is it white? And do they do a Stalin red?

[FalknerHinton]

Is it white? And do they do a Stalin red?

I'd drink a nice Pinot USSR.

[kalowski]

A nice dry Genghis Khan.

[idunnosomename]

just sticking a picture of Hitler on the bottle with a few German words when the actual wine has fuck-all to do with him.

could say the same about Gary Barlow

[Terence Bowl]

could say the same about Gary Barlow

To be fair Gary Barlow never done a holocaust (as far as we know).
That said though, Hitler had no involvement in the inexorable rise of Robbie Williams (as far as we know) so swings and roundabouts.

[Captain Z]

I don't drink wine but if I did I don't think I'd want Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler on my bottles.

Fussy.

[buttgammon]

All seems pretty grim really, I don't drink wine but if I did I don't think I'd want Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler on my bottles.

That's all well and good but I really hope you're not depriving yourself of a nice cheeky Pol Pot red.

[Blumf]

An Idi Amin Triple IPA

[shiftwork2]

Gary Barlow never done a holocaust

Still genuinely worse than Hitler.

[NoSleep]

[touchingcloth]

You say NSFW but I work for a fascist builders' merchant so we're ok with it.

You say NSFW, but I work as a member of the Waffen SS.

[nero]

Something about "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer," in comic sans on the bottle label has sparked fury in me.
And I suppose the Hitler thing isn't great either.

[JesusAndYourBush]

Pretty funny to be honest. I'd probably drink Hitler wine.

It is. We have a long history of taking the piss out of Hitler, It's nice to see other countries getting on board.

The problem though is we maybe don't know the intent of the seller.  You'll probably get skinheads buying it thinking it's well ace.

[JesusAndYourBush]

Something about "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer," in comic sans on the bottle label has sparked fury in me.

"Du pain, du vin, du Boursin" considers rewrite.

[Glebe]

Fuck's sake.

There was an actual Swastika Laudery here in Dublin once upon a time:

[buttgammon]

Fuck's sake.

There was an actual Swastika Laudery here in Dublin once upon a time:

And they kept using that logo until the 80s!

[shoulders]

Nice to see Classic Paedo gets a look in in the Rosé section.