Top 20 Wine Tattoos: When a Love for Wine Goes Too Far!
When I say “top 20 wine tattoos,” whereas some of these are awesome, most are just plain awful…but then again I’m not a “tattoo-guy.” These are the best wine tattoos I could find from the far depths of the Information-Super-Highway. I didn’t include every tattoo I found, as there were at least a couple that even I would have a difficult time posting (i.e. I don’t want this turning into a pornographic wine website)! Enjoy!
Indeed!
The Champagne with no name…
The awkward moment when this guy gets to be 75 years old, and his bright and juicy-looking grapes start to look like they’re affected by Botrytis (wine-geek joke).
I can’t tell if this is a guy or girl, but all I can say is: “WOW!”
This is actually my favorite of the bunch: A waiters wine-key tattoo!
I don’t know what that quote has to do with a glass full of red wine…but to each their own…
Rumor has it that part of the initiation behind becoming a Master Sommelier is getting this tattoo on the small of your back! (Just kidding! I don’t want to get in any more trouble with “The Court,” especially after my last April Fools Day post!)
Supposedly “araviti tantu curagiu” is a Sicilian quote meaning “all you need is courage.”
I’ve never had a bottle of “Kessler”…and I don’t think I ever will…
Wife: “You were gone a while at the flea market…did you buy anything nice?” Husband: “…ermmm…”
This tattoo scares me more-and-more each time I look at it.
Resveratrol tattoo on the arm of a guy named Nico (I couldn’t find out any more info on him). Resveratrol is found in the skin of red grapes. He wrote his dissertation on the molecule, and its potential to prevent breast cancer.
My favorite Brit Master of Wine: Jancis Robinson rocking a Riesling tattoo. Jancis got tatted-up (non-permanent) at the FEIRT, (Frankland Estate International Riesling Tasting) held this year in Australia.
Would you hire a Sommelier with this on his neck?
Sine Qua Non tattoo (after the winery of the same name, which literally translates to “without which not.”) on the arm of Sommelier Seth Liebman (according to Mouton Noir).
…and let’s finish with the most famous wine tattoo in the world: Mr. Johnny Depp with his “Wino Forever” tattoo.
I have a tattoo thats a rendition of a Mucha painting of an art nouveau lady and instead of mixed fruit shes holding only grapes in honor of my love of wine, and my job at a winery! PS> did you know they say Johnny Depps used to say Winona forever and he changed it to wine-o after they broke up! :)
Tartrate Crystals [Tar-trate] I’ve worked in restaurants my whole life and have encountered tartrates quite a bit. Before a wine is bottled to be sold, wineries usually employ a procedure called cold stabilization (which brings the wine down to a near freezing temperature) in order to remove these “wine diamonds” as they’re sometimes more fondly called. It’s worth noting that Potassium Bitartrate (to give tartrates their full name) is a natural byproduct of the…
Suzy Bergman
No Bacchus? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nauright/2672083247/
Lee
I have a tattoo thats a rendition of a Mucha painting of an art nouveau lady and instead of mixed fruit shes holding only grapes in honor of my love of wine, and my job at a winery! PS> did you know they say Johnny Depps used to say Winona forever and he changed it to wine-o after they broke up! :)
Michael
Remember, Depp’s tat used to say Winona (Ryder)
Kris Chislett
That’s very true!
Kris Chislett
I’m sure by this time next year, I’ll be able to do a second part to this article! I’ll hit you up for a photo! :)
Kris Chislett
Now you tell me! I’ll fit this one into the second part of the article…which I’m sure won’t take long for me to collect more images…
Paul
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150987516174543&set=a.45582519542.57227.704969542&type=1&theater
Avignonesi Winery
Hello Kris, we had a visitor to our winery the other day with an Avignonesi Desiderio bottle tattooed on his calf. The story is on our website. Check it out! http://www.avignonesi.it/en/stories/the_man_with_the_desiderio_tattoo
Kris Chislett
That’s very cool! :) I’ll have to feature that in my follow-up post!
Bryan
I’ve got this on my forearm
Kris Chislett
Which one?
Bryan
Sorry