Dal: The Wines of Gala

Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dal phenomenon, Les dners de Gala, TASCHEN presents the artists equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: The Wines of Gala. A Dalnian take on pleasures of the grape and a coveted collectible, the book sets out to organize wines according to the sensations they create in our very depths. Through eclectic metrics like production method, weight, and color, the book presents wines of the world in such innovative, Dalesque groupings as Wines of Frivolity, Wines of the Impossible, and Wines of Light.

Bursting with imagery, the book features more than 140 illustrations by Dal. Many of these are appropriated artworks, including various classical nudes, all of them reconstructed with suitably Surrealist, provocative touches, like Jean-Franois Millets The Angelus, one of Dals favorite points of reference over the decades.