"The Secret" - painting - Large Statement Art -Penfolds Grange by _ANDO

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A painting of a large wine bottle of Penfolds Grange . Created in hyper realism /andorealism style in sharp focus enlarged a 500 times original size . One RIEDEL glass sits with the bottle that has a 1959 label of Penfolds hidden grange with Max Schubert' signature. Another bottle is pouring wine in to the glass. A Penfolds cork sits on the table and is reflected in the bottle on the table. The table surface is white and the background is a warm chocolate brown.

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Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

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Welcome to my collection of wine paintings : "From Palate to Palette" featuring "The Secret"

My painting “The Secret” was inspired by an amazing story of belief and tenacity by winemaker Max Schubert. In my painting of the 1959 Grange Hermitage, it is his signature that adorns the bottle’s label.
Schubert, Head winemaker of Penfolds, was an artist and not afraid to challenge himself so I have found myself relating to him on many levels,,,.one of my favourite challenges is capturing the curves and multiple reflections. Can you find them all?

So why is this painting called “The Secret”?
I share the story [explaining why] directly from Penfolds themselves:
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“In the latter part of 1950, Schubert was sent to Europe to investigate wine making practices in Spain & Portugal. On a side trip to Bordeaux, Schubert was inspired and impressed by the French cellared style wines and dreamed of making ‘something different and lasting’ of his own.
Back in Adelaide, in time for the 1951 vintage, Max Schubert set about looking for appropriate ‘raw material’ and Shiraz was his grape of choice.

Combining traditional Australian techniques, inspiration from Europe and precision wine making practices developed at Penfolds, Schubert made his ﬁrst experimental wine in 1951.
Max Schubert was asked to show his efforts in Sydney to top management, invited wine identities and personal friends of the board.
To his horror the Grange experiment was universally disliked and Schubert was ordered to shut down the project.
What might have been enough to bury Grange in another winemaker’s hands, only made Max more determined to succeed.
Max continued to craft his Grange vintages in secret, hiding three vintages ’57, ’58 and ’59, in depths of the cellars. Eventually the Penfolds board ordered production of Grange to restart, just in time for the 1960 vintage.”
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"1959 is the last of the three 'hidden' or 'secret' Granges made by Max Schubert in defiance of a company order to cease production. The wine was released commercially after the ban was lifted. "
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The “Hidden Granges” 1957, 1958 and 1959 are highly sought after by collectors and have become part of wine making myth and history and, for me, a great story to tell in my Art , "The Secret”.

Thank you for your interest in this story and in my art.
ANDO

Fun Fact: From 1959 onward, international acknowledgment and awards were bestowed on Grange, including the 1990 vintage of Grange which was named Wine Spectator’s Red Wine of the Year in 1995.

Fun Fact: One of the 1951 bottles sold in December 2021 for a record $157,624... the highest price ever paid for a bottle of Australian wine! The Penfolds Grange 1951 is apparently considered one of the rarest in the country. In July 2021, "Decanter.com" reported "There are estimated to be only about 35 bottles of Penfolds Grange Hermitage Bin 1 Shiraz 1951 left in existence"

Fun Fact: I chose the 1959 label because even though I wasn’t born yet, something happened that year that later changed my life

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Stretched and ready to hang

This artwork is currently stretched and ready to hang.

It comes with an external frame.

Framed dimensions - 120.0(W) x 196.0(H).

Artwork dimensions - 92.0(W) x 168.0(H).

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