Anbaugebiet

July 4, 2020

One of thirteen specified winegrowing regions in Germany. Plural anbaugebiete.

One of the following Disney movies featured two legendary bottles of French wine: a 1947 Château Cheval Blanc and a 1961 Château Latour. Was it:

A. Beauty and the Beast

B. Lady and the Tramp

C. The Parent Trap

D. Ratatouille

The animated movie Ratatouille (2007) follows the adventures of a French country rat named Remy as he pursues his passion for cooking gourmet cuisine in a Parisian kitchen. His dishes share the screen with a ’47 Cheval Blanc and a ’61 Latour, both considered “wines of the century.”

“When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is drinking.”

—Alexis Lichine
Russian writer who wrote widely on wine in English (1913-1989)

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