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04-30-2009, 01:26 PM
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#1 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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| The douches drink of choice: Christian Audigier Wine
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There are some rather flashy wines out there but perhaps none showier than the ones from Christian Audigier, he of the Ed Hardy brand and his own fashion label. Audigier is a brand obsessive. This is a man with his logo tattooed across his back. And the Audigier and Ed Hardy style is instantly recognizable and provokes an immediate reaction even if that reaction is less than positive. But what's surprising is that, at least according to the LA Times's Dan Neil, Audigier's wines aren't half bad.
The wine is bottled in France by the Castel Group and imported by Nicolas Wines in Connecticut and there are two price points: the Ed Hardy label goes for $10, and the Christian Audigier label is $20. And if your first reaction is "I wouldn't be caught dead drinking that" that's just fine. This wine isn't for those accustomed to perusing the aisles with a copy of Wine Spectator in their hands, it's designed to attract new drinkers and to show that wine can be playful. These days the French wine industry could use a little help and if there's anything that Christian Audigier seems to know about it's mass appeal. His website for the wines has the url www.thecoolwine.com and bears the tagline "it's not just a wine, it's a lifestyle." The wine also has its own MySpace page. The wine doesn't tout its French origin (the wine website makes no mention of it) but at least it is getting French wine into new hands.
| http://www.luxist.com/2009/04/29/can...nch-wine-cool/
*shakes head* Speechless...not in a good way.
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04-30-2009, 01:59 PM
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#2 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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It's no wonder why LA was voted the worst dressed city in the US, Vancouver is right up there as well.
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04-30-2009, 02:06 PM
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I wouldn't mind trying it (for 10-20 bucks), it's a cool looking bottle to be honest.
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04-30-2009, 02:38 PM
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#4 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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04-30-2009, 03:35 PM
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#5 | | The RS Freebie guru
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We saw the Ed Hardy liquor down in Vegas last week... didn't know it was such cheap stuff.
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04-30-2009, 03:37 PM
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I'm sure there'll be some equally, tasteless wine glasses to go with the bottles. I mean, how else are poseur douchebags supposed to let people know what they're drinking.
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04-30-2009, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rsx  I wouldn't mind trying it (for 10-20 bucks), it's a cool looking bottle to be honest. | you probably have the t shirts too don't you?
Seeing Ed Hardy and CA making everything now is just sad
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04-30-2009, 03:44 PM
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Wow.
Now, I'm not an EH or CA fan at all but I kinda like how he's given the whole snobbish wine field a bit of a boot in the ankle.
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04-30-2009, 03:51 PM
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I would buy it just for the bottle. Just kinda a funny thing to show guests. HAHA.
Anyone seen that BLING water? Fucking $60 CAD for a bottle of water bottled in beverly hills.
That's dumb
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04-30-2009, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Cman333 I would buy it just for the bottle. Just kinda a funny thing to show guests. HAHA.
Anyone seen that BLING water? Fucking $60 CAD for a bottle of water bottled in beverly hills.
That's dumb | lol yea saw that shiet before. Your right it's fucking dumb
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04-30-2009, 04:27 PM
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#11 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by Presto I'm sure there'll be some equally, tasteless wine glasses to go with the bottles. I mean, how else are poseur douchebags supposed to let people know what they're drinking. | I thought they drink straight outta bottle, you know, being so hardcore and all.
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04-30-2009, 05:03 PM
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Wow. My friend bought a can of Ed Hardy energy drink once? I laughed at him.
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04-30-2009, 06:19 PM
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for 20$ thats not THAT bad, especially if the wine is worth the price, which the article said it was.
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04-30-2009, 06:32 PM
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#14 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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i was at the mall last week and saw CA watches
UGLY AS FCUK
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04-30-2009, 06:57 PM
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Hate most the clothing, and a lot of people that wear them, but no problems with a wild wine bottle. Especially if it's decent wine, not like I'm wearing it!
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04-30-2009, 07:03 PM
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I wonder why he didn't use a California winery, since the brand comes from Cali.
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04-30-2009, 07:21 PM
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i thought these would be at least $100-$200, like you know, the typical CA articles pricing
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04-30-2009, 07:31 PM
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Those bottles are actually pretty cool. Those gaudy designs work better on a bottle than they do on clothing.
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04-30-2009, 08:59 PM
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#19 | | Lomac owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by winson604 you probably have the t shirts too don't you?
Seeing Ed Hardy and CA making everything now is just sad |
lol, nope. I don't think I'd be caught dead buying an $80 muscle tee.
There's a difference between parading around in an ostentatious tee and buying a cheap bottle of wine (with nice graphics) and drinking it with some buddies at home..
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04-30-2009, 09:09 PM
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also most CA EH stuff is made for highschool kids now. 20$ is their price range
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04-30-2009, 09:43 PM
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fuck I would buy a couple bottles and sell it to idiots up here for $100
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04-30-2009, 09:45 PM
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and wtf does christian audigier know about making quality wine?
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04-30-2009, 09:51 PM
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#23 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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i remember when i was down in Cali last year, i read this article saying that CA and Ed Hardy was like the new FUBU for black people and that it was for gay black people. Heard you get clowned a lot for wearing that shit in Cali haha
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04-30-2009, 09:52 PM
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I won't mind trying them as well for $20-30 a pop
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04-30-2009, 09:55 PM
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id rather get a 3L jug of carlo rossi for 22 bucks. top of the line wine.
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