Two empty bottles turned into a piece of art, and a tribute to two pioneers

The special label on the Dornier Donatus Red bottles was a tribute to the Swiss aviation pioneer Walter Mittelholzer, the holder of many flight records in the twenties and thirties of the last century and one of the founders of Swissair and to Claude Dornier, the German aircraft builder. In 1926/27 Mittelholzer was the first to fly across Africa on a seaplane, a Dornier Merkur.
His daughter in law, the Swiss artist Mascha Mioni, who is a regular visitor to Stellenbosch got inspired and re-designed the two bottles in bright (Swiss) red colours and secret messages. The bottles can be viewed at the Estate.