Today's wine-can era was arguably pioneered by the larger Francis Ford Coppola Winery (nee Niebaum-Coppola), which in 2004 released its popular Sofia sparkling blanc de blancs, named for the director's daughter, in 187-milliliter cans.
In the past, the idea never achieved escape velocity, probably because cans represent everything that wine in that era — with its raised pinkies and gauzy "Morning in America -esque GAmerica -esquen't supposed to be.
Imagine for a moment a parallel universe where she stayed behind that bar – no Thatcher era wine bars, and tossers drinking champagne and eating olives to the sound of Sade: you can always dream.
As for the wines themselves in an era when Bordeaux and Burgundy defined how red wine should taste most seemed ferociously bitter, were often excessively oxidized at maturity (if ever you were lucky enough to encounter them at that stage), and were, well, simply unfamiliar, in unpleasing ways.
The town of Mikulov is skirted by medieval-era wine roads lined with small, garagelike oak cellars built directly into the hillsides.
Among the food locales in "Night Watch" is the Prohibition-era wine cellar at "21" (second spoiler alert!), which is important to a major plot point.
— Julia Moskin The Drinks Business: Today's must-see video treat: The Celebrity Guide to Wine, starring '80s-era names like Dudley Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Kelly LeBrock, Steven Seagal and, of all people, Herbie Hancock.
