2 Cocky Sisters, Clautiere Vineyard, Paso Robles, CA

Oil Painting by Francisco Mora, Label on 2 Cocky Sisers

No grapes, no vineyards, no vistas. It’s wine art but the dark, sinister kind. Two happy witches (or maybe two men dressed in drag?) dance across the label in Mardi Gras fright masks celebrating the cocktail and inviting unlucky passersby to come and play. Their chunky bodies dressed in black swimsuits and stilettos, heavily muscled arms and perky breasts, stand in daring provocation while smaller demons indicate what’s really going on here.


Buyer beware, this is no sipping wine. At 16% alcohol, you’d better prepare for a bumpy ride. It attacks the nose, overwhelming its fine aromas of black cherry, caramel, and vanilla. If you let it sit a few moments and blow off its cocky alcohol, you’ll discover a good value juice behind the amazing label. Medium bodied with a good balance of fruit (black cherries and berries followed by cedar notes) and acids in this rich red blend. I found the sisters for $12.99 at Wine 101 in Wake Forest, N.C.


I love this label for its clever name, obviously, but it’s the art that captures the attention. There are so many bizarre details here that you may find yourself staring at it in wonder and forgetting the wine in your glass. Party too long with these sisters and you’ll wake up later, discarded in some alley, the victim of an evening’s Satanic ritual.


2 Cocky Sisters’ back label describes the wine as “Devine wild pleasure. Pure adult fun.” Don’t plan to drive, or walk for that matter, if you’ve had more than a glass of this one.


Scheryl McDavid