Raising a Fuerer over Wine

Germany has complained to Italy about a winery that labels its bottles with portraits of Adolf Hitler, the Justice Ministry said Friday. Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries recently wrote to her Italian counterpart to say the labels are "contemptible and tasteless'' and asked him to see what could be done to stop their production, spokeswoman Christiane Wirtz said.

The so-called "Fuehrerwein'' bottles, part of vintner Alessandro Lunardelli's "historic line,'' features 14 different labels portraying Hitler with slogans like "Sieg Heil'' and other Nazis.

The line also includes labels with portraits of other infamous characters of history, such as Italy's former fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.