Movie Night
/Having a Friday night in? We recommend a movie, a bottle of wine, and some popcorn. What type of movie? One about wine of course! There are many movies about wine out there to choose from and on Fridays we will share one with you that we have seen and enjoyed. You get the popcorn and let Qorkz send you the wine!
Red Obsession
Available to stream on Netflix
For over three centuries, Bordeaux has commanded an almost mythical status in the world of wine as a symbol of wealth, power, and influence. But recently, prices for the prestige red wines have been skyrocketing. Something unprecedented is happening to the Bordeaux fine wine market and that something is China.
Red Obsession sets out to explore the Bordeaux phenomenon. Just how good can really good wine be? What compels a cashed up industrialist to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a single bottle? Is it taste, prestige, or investment that is driving the demand for the wines of Bordeaux? Or is it simply the need to own something ethereal, unworldly and limited?
Red Obsession is a story of aspiration for greatness. It is also a study of power and passion in high places and the economic power shift from West to East. - Red-Obsession.com
Film Critic
The Chinese economy has grown exponentially in recent years and has trapped the wine industry in its tremendous wake. While this film focuses on the Chinese obsession for Bordeaux wines, the effect of the new Chinese wine fever has most certainly reached the United States as well. With the prices of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon inching towards averages of $250 - $300 a bottle, we can see how these wines are slowly becoming beyond the reach of the average wine consumer. When will the ever escalating prices of these wines slow down? If Red Obsession is any indication, we might not discover that answer for a long, long time.
Why We Love It
Are you the nouveau riche and want to have the absolute very best of something? Is money not really an object for you in getting what you want? No? Me neither. But if you want to be, then this movie is your guilty pleasure. From transplanting whole wineries brick by brick, to astronomically high bidding wars for single bottles of wine, this movie shows how the other half lives when they want something done right. For most of us wine drinkers, being able to drink any bottle you want, whenever you want is the pinnacle of being an oenophile and that's exactly the life being depicted here. We love the film because it makes us jealous, terrified, and leaves us in awe, all at the same time.
Wine Pairings
This movie calls for Cabernet, and not just any Cabernet, really really good Cabernet. Try any of these selections and you won't be sorry.
Anthem 2010 Beckstoffer Cabernet. Looking for a Cabernet that makes you lean back in your chair and go "WOW! That's incredible" Then this one's for you.
2011 Sabina Cabernet Sauvignon. Grace, elegance, and class, are just a few words to describe this highly sought after Cabernet. It's everything a Napa Cabernet is supposed to be.
2011 Chateau Lane Cabernet Sauvignon. Big, bold, and completely unafraid, this Cabernet is deep and complex with assertive fruit and lingering spice. When you taste it you reminder why Cabernet is king.