Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines and Turner Classic Movies present
MOVIES BY THE GLASS…THE HOME SHOW!
Wine Brats Downloadable Dinner Party for Movies by the Glass…The Home Show includes links to TCM’s feature stories and movie store. Of course, we’ve provided these links below to help you host your own dinner party and screening of Casablanca. Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines has provided you with winemaker cheat sheets, Moroccan recipes, trivia and more. Most of the starring wines from Sterling Vineyards, F.E.Trimbach, Beaulieu Vineyard and Barton & Guestier are easily available from our friends at wine.com. Now follow the links below to review and/or print everything you need!
THEME SPECIFIC HOSTING TIPS
ALL ABOUT DIAGEO CHATEAU & ESTATE WINES
WINEMAKER CHEAT SHEETS – PRINT EVERYTHING YOU NEED
ALL ABOUT CASABLANCA
CLASSIC MOROCCAN RECIPES
MOVIE TRIVIA FROM 1942
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THEME SPECIFIC HOSTING TIPS
DINNER PARTY THEMES AND OTHER IDEAS
Research indicates a strong trend in home entertaining and a need for guides to hosting. (The main reason Wine Brats created our Downloadable Dinner Parties.) People want to socialize and to offer hospitality, but often feel constrained by time, money and know-how. The safety and warmth of a home setting and the comforting endurance of classic movies are both appealing concepts. This is why Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines, TMC and Wine Brats have put together the Movies by the Glass…The Home Show featuring one of the coolest classics ever brought to the silver screen. Above and below you should find everything you need.
PURCHASE CASABLANCA - 60TH ANNIVERSARY FROM TCM
PURCHASE CASABLANCA: SPECIAL EDITION A DOUBLE DISC COLLECTOR'S DVD SET FROM TCM
ORDERING YOUR WINE
Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines has a portfolio from some of the world’s finest wineries. Movies by the Glass… stars four of these wineries including Sterling Vineyards, F.E.Trimbach, Beaulieu Vineyard and Barton & Guestier. Though Barton & Guestier is not available on wine.com at this time, you local retailer can special order. Simply print winemaker cheat sheets to help with your order. Otherwise, follow the links below to load-up on fine wine.
Sterling 1999 Three Palms Vineyard Merlot
Sterling 2002 Sauvignon Blanc
Beaulieu - BV 2001 Carneros Chardonnay
Beaulieu - BV 2000 Beauzeaux Signet Collection
Trimbach 2001 Riesling
How Much Should I Order?
Basically, there are 4 - 5 glasses of wine in every bottle, so we suggest you order 6 bottles of wine for every 4 - 8 people. Make sure you order enough to allow everyone to experiment. Remember, you don't have to finish every opened bottle of wine or polish off every glass that is poured. Below, we'll supply more tips on dump buckets, responsible hospitality and how to store opened, unfinished wine.
As far as the cost of wine, and if appropriate, you might want to make arrangements in advance with your friends that go beyond just assigning dishes for the evening. You may want to determine the overall cost of wine in advance and divide evenly among your guests. If your guests are online, you can coordinate your mixer using Yahoo Groups. And when it comes to collecting the bucks, it can be as simple as having them ante-up as they walk in the door. We also suggest you make it fun by creating a donation tin for Bacchus, the God of Wine. Be creative.
Storing Your Wine
Once you've ordered and received your wines, keep them in the wine.com insulated shipping box until the day of your mixer (unless you are blessed with a wine cellar). Once you've checked your order, just shove the box in the back of a cool closet. On the day of your dinner party, be sure to pull out your wines and place the white wines in the refrigerator approximately 2 hours before dinner. Red wine bottles should be cool to the touch, not warm. If you happen to forget, or are running late, chilling white wines in a bucket of ice and water will have them ready for sipping in 20 minutes.
Setting the Room and Other Home Theater Ideas
Depending on the size of your domicile, you may want to rearrange the setting to create a dinner theater feeling. Bring your dinning room into your living room (or wherever your television resides). Or move your television into your dinning room. Maybe you live in a fair weather city like Los Angeles where you can take the experience outdoors to the patio? Also, if you don’t already have one, you might want to rent a big screen television and home theater system for the night. Party rental companies also rent items such as popcorn machines and cotton candy makers…the ideas are endless. On the opposite side of the American pop side of film and screenings, check out the cultural insight provided by the University of Pennsylvania African Studies Department on how to host and serve a Moroccan dinner. You may just end up dining on the floor!
Setting the Wine Table
Here's where the fun begins. Open all wines at once and gently replace their corks into the neck. Replacing the corks will guard against spills, while allowing you to re-cork any leftover wine at the end of the evening (more on this later). If you order more than one of each wine, keep the extras in reserve and open appropriately. Place three wine glasses in front of each place setting. Pour approximately 3 oz of 2 wines in 2 glasses to give guests an idea on the appropriate size of a pour for tasting. The 3rd glass is for “guest choice.”
Once you've poured the wines, randomly place the bottles around the table so guests can sip and pass as desired. We also recommend that you place two dump buckets on the table. These can be as classy as Champagne buckets or as tacky as empty coffee cans. This way your guests can taste and dump any wines as they move through the line up. When your guests take their seat, explain the concept of “tasting” versus “drinking” and that open glass is their choice. Suggest that everyone keep their tastes small until they find what they like. When they find what they like, then pour a full glass to enjoy. Encourage comments. Refer to the winemaker cheat sheets and other notes. Above all, enjoy the fruit of the vine!
Hey, I have 10 Friends coming over...That's 30 Glasses!
No, we don't suggest you go out and buy a case of wineglasses. Ask guests to bring 3 glasses of their own. It's even better if the glasses they bring have a story attached to them, such as hand-me-downs from grandma or champagne flutes from a wedding. Once everyone's had a few sips and bites, encourage guests to start sharing stories by offering a toast and a story of your own.
Re-Corking the Leftovers
As we mentioned above, don't throw away your corks. If you have leftover wines at the end of the evening, you can re-cork the bottles and stick them in the fridge--even red wines. They'll easily last 3 - 5 days. You might also divvy up the wines at the end of the evening and send them home with friends--as long as the bottles are re-corked, stored in a locked trunk of a car and the driver is sober.
TIPS ON SERVING THE FOOD & ASSIGNING RECIPES
As listed above, Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines has provided us with a wonderful mix of Moroccan recipes. Note that though we offer paring suggestions at the bottom of the recipe pages, we suggest you taste all the wines with all the dishes or course by course. In the end, it's all about personal preferences and exploration! Again, if your guests are online, you may want to divvy up the menu using email or Yahoo Groups and assign the making of the appetizers to your friends and guests.
CLASSIC MOROCCAN RECIPES
ENJOY!
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