I starred in a movie today…
We were making a film for work, a vision piece on a new product that we’re creating. I played the father of the family; we had a birthday party for “my” son. At the party, I served some Chianti that came in a bottle wrapped with wicker. The idea was that the mom (my “wife”) was feeling pretty worn out after the long day at the beach, etc., etc. It was all in good fun…although the wine was real.
I love those wicker baskets of wine…to me, they symbolize a good time, a good meal, and totally standard, fairly spicy wine. I also love going to Italian restaurants where they hang the empty wicker/glass wine bottles from the ceiling. I believe The Cellar does a bit of that, actually.
I think if I could run a cult winery somewhere, I’d like to produce a “low-end” wine that costs about $30/bottle and comes in a wicker basket of some sort. Maybe a Sangiovese or something. I think I’d call it “Candy Is Dandy, but Wicker is Quicker.” Wait, that makes no sense…my apologies to Ogden Nash.