Best Wine Moments In Film
WITHNAIL AND I
From Withnail & I.
The first in a series of our favorite wine moments in film. And, frankly, my very favorite of them all.
TALES OF TERROR, The Black Cat
From Tales of Terror, The Black Cat. Vintage 1962, starring Vincent Price and Peter Lorre. Directed by Roger Corman and adapted from a story by Edgar Allen Poe.
Poe, Lorre, Price, Corman and wine… does it get any better?
*if you’re short on time, just be sure to watch the first 6 minutes*
This clip is included by the inspiration of Alessia Botturi, Sommelier extraordinaire. Please leave your suggestions for future clips with your comments.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: A Bottle of Wine
Check out the entire play at Hulu….
FRENCH KISS
Kevin Kline teaches Meg Ryan to taste the wine, using what was clearly the inspiration for that Le Nez du Vin kit which retails for a mere $450. Perhaps we should all make our own kits…
THE MUPPET MOVIE
First of all, we love what Steve Martin is wearing. Obviously. Second of all, we appreciate that the wine couldn’t be corked. Bless the Muppets and bless Steve Martin too.
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Liver, fava beans and a nice chianti…
BORAT
Perhaps this rivals our first clip as far as our favorite goes… this is worth the 6+ minutes of your life.
“In U S and A, very rich people, like to drink a wine”
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
So it’s not a film. But it is a great filmed moment of wine tasting.
Agreed. This must be the finestes wine moment in film known to humanity.
Another favorite is Paul Giametti drinking from the spit bucket in Sideways. Unfortunately youtube doesn’t seem to have the scene.
Not for the faint at heart, but a big wine moment for sure: Hannibal having some red with, well, brain…
Do you mean in the first movie, the Chianti with fava beans scene, or in that most recent film? I can’t remember if he’s drinking wine as he’s eating the brain.
That’s right. Mixing brains and liver. Must have had too much wine myself.
Perhaps to0 obvious, but there a quite a few moments in Mondovino that stand apart.
to me, this is one of the best sequences about sommeliers and wine ever! an amazing Vincent Price!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f475dFQTzQ
You’ve called it, Alessia. This is our second selection.
This is definitely my favorite wine competition, a piece of art!
… but I have more of this noir wine tastings!
check the opening of Hitchcock Presents: Our Cook’s Treasure
The old man talks about Romanee Conti, Muscadet, etc…
on the web i could find the text of the opening and closing and the full episode…
http://www.tv.com/alfred-hitchcock-presents/our-cooks-treasure/episode/40907/summary.html
http://www.flixster.com/watch-tv/alfred-hitchcock-presents–our-cooks-a-treasure;jsessionid=4A8173E8AEEC7FDA513F0010D16CA9CF.localhost
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Thanks Sorina! Hope we hear from you on some of our other posts…