Joseph B. Rosenberg wrote:

>
> As for Kenwood, I've never forgiven them for putting a nekkid lady on their
> Artist series bottling one year. Of course the US BATF put a stop to that
> nonsense ASAP & Pronto. Ol Jessie Helms wanted to go nuclear on them, but
> wiser heads prevailed. Met Marty Lee & family at Sonoma Wine auction, one
> of the first, had a big laugh over the label. I believe they also submitted
> a skeleton in the same pose as the nekkid lady, but those folks at BATF were
> no dummies- they rejected the cadaver too. Did you know that Spain had a
> stamp with Goya's Naked Maja on it. It was banned from being shown at stamp
> shows in the US by someone in Eisenhower's Administration. I stuck the
> stamp in a Stamp collecting exhibit at the Asbury Park HS Library. My mom
> got called into the Principal's Office and they removed the stamp from the
> display, so you know I'm a deviant and agitator from Jump Street. Anyway
> mega dittoes on the Kenwood wines; never pretentious always a fair priced
> treat.
>
>
Still causing trouble, huh Joe? Great story. You going to any Upstate
functions this summer?

Best,

Mark S