Pictured above are two well-known public figures in their own niches, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg. Both have served time in jail.
Martha Helen Stewart is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce.Wikipedia
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, songwriter, media personality, actor, and entrepreneur. His fame dates to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover", and then on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic.Wikipedia
The company that paid for their faces on their wine bottles is 19 crimes. 19 crimes is a California company whose wine is sourced from Australia. They are owned by Treasury Wine Estates headquartered in Australia. Treasury Wine Estates also owns some prestigious wine labels in Napa, like Beringer and Etude.
Each label has the criminal's face and the story of their crime on the back label. Why Australia? Their site refers to the time when the British loaded their criminals on a boat headed to Australia. Not all who made the arduous trip, survived.
"The men featured on our wine labels are not those of fiction. They were flesh and blood. Criminals, artists and scholars. In history, they share a bond – receiving "punishment by transportation" for violation of one of 19 crimes and becoming the first settlers of a new nation." And now, they have a woman also!
The wine reviews are favorable. It falls in the category of affordable and easy to drink table wine akin to Yellow Tail, another Australian brand. There are many wines in this category in the same price range in all the countries that produce wine.
We have not tried the wine, only read the reviews from independent critics who do not sell wine, nor are paid to review wines.
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