GARBO WINE SET FOR RELEASE

Bottles of wine bearing images of GRETA GARBO are set to go on sale on 1 October (05), to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Swedish actress.

About 350 cases of the limited-edition sparkling wine, called the 2001 Greta Garbo Brut Rose, will available only at Napa, California's Domaine Carneros Winery at $42 (GBP23) a bottle.

And joining the celebrity tipple crowd in selected markets later this month (SEP05) is a line of tequilas from the estate of esteemed Mexican painter FRIDA KAHLO. The beverage will be released across the US next year (05).

JORGE GUTIERREZ, president of Dorado, Pizzorni + Sons, says, "(Kahlo) enjoyed tequila very much. She would drink it to inspire herself to do her paintings. She was very Mexican and proud of her country."