Ornellaia's 2013 "Vendemmia d’Artista" Artist Yutaka Sone Visits Mission Wines!

Mission Wines now has a signed wood box with artwork by Sone! 

Yesterday, we had a rare treat at Mission Wines. Japanese artist Yutaka Sone, the artist selected for the 8th Edition of Ornellaia's "Vendemmia d’Artista" collaboration, paid us a visit. A resident of South Pasadena, Sone and crew stopped by Mission Wines seeking a little vinous inspiration...luckily, we had plenty of the current 2012 Ornellaia in stock! You might have seen Swiss artist John Armleder's "The Splash" gracing one bottle of each six bottle wood box of 2012 Ornellaia. Now you can look forward to Sone's artwork on select labels for the 2013 vintage.

Sone will also create sculpture and art for installations at the estate and collectible large format bottles that will be auctioned off to art savvy wine collectors in the coming year. The auctions take place in the city in which the artist resides, which is very exciting for Angelenos! Details of the event are yet to be released, but we can look forward to Sone's art and lots of Ornellaia descending upon the City of Angels sometime in spring of 2016. Stay tuned! 

Sone (right) along with his wife, Ornellaia's PR Director Andrea Scataglini, and event coordinator Allison Levine of Please the Palate (left), who will be organizing the LA auction.

Sone hand-carved Little Manhattan (detail), 2007–9, out of marble. “I like sculpture where you can feel time,” he says.

COURTESY DAVID ZWIRNER, NEW YORK AND LONDON