WW·041942Casablanca
The Paris Flashback
“Finish this bottle, then three more.”
$90 / flight
The Godfatherthe wine pairing
Leave the gun. Take both bottles.
The bottles
Poured in the order the film pours them.
1
Donnafugata · “Sherazade” Nero d'Avola
Sicily, Italy
RedInspired
The match — The Sunday-dinner wine: Sicily's signature grape in its Sunday best, for the wedding and the long family table.
Dark plum, black cherry, warm spice, soft tannins.
2
Tenuta delle Terre Nere · Etna Rosso
Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy
RedInspired
The match — The old country in a glass, grown on the volcano the family left behind. Save it for the oranges in the garden.
Red cherry, smoke, volcanic minerality; Sicily's answer to Burgundy.
The Family Table
Wine is everywhere in The Godfather: at the wedding, at the Sunday table, in the Don's garden at the end. It's never a label; it's the family's wine, and the family is Sicilian. Two Sicilian reds: the generous one for dinner, and the volcanic one for the garden.
Sip along
Little cues so the bottles land with the scenes.
1
Pour the Nero d'Avola — the wedding at the compound.
2
Refill — dinner is cooked, business is discussed.
3
Switch to the Etna — oranges in the garden.
