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“There are regular art label auctions by wine makers in France. After seeing the auction of Mouton Rothschild art collection at Christie’s, I wanted to replicate the idea in India,” said Karan Grover, 58, Director of Grover, while unveiling the collection at Ricks, Taj Mahal hotel.
Bhattacharya’s untitled painting of a silhouette of a woman against a candle-stand and empty wine bottles dons bottles of the 2007 Cabernet Shiraz. “It is part of a series of paintings on ‘women and wine’ that I did in 2005,” said Bhattacharya. Das’s abstract sketch, showing a woman and birds, forms the labels for the 2007 Blanc De Blanc. On 2007 Viognier bottles are Maity’s portrait of a woman while Rekha Rodwittiya’s image of a priest graces Shiraz Rose and Rini Dhumal’s painting can be seen on the Sauvignon Blanc.
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