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Give me even a mediocre sherry over any of those liquid candies any time. "There is no year for sherry, 007." Ok, but there is always a season for it. :-)
Maybe he'd let me follow it up with an Americano.
Would you rather drink red wine with fish OR have a bottle of Phu-Yuck?
Red Grant made the mistake of drinking red wine with his sole. Chat GPT states the following about why this isn't a wise choice:
Drinking red wine with fish can sometimes create an unpleasant metallic taste because certain red wines contain higher levels of tannins, which can clash with fish oils. Tannins, the compounds responsible for that dry, astringent sensation, can react with the iodine in fish, resulting in flavors that don’t harmonize well. This reaction can give a slightly bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially with delicate white fish.
On the other hand we have the following from TMWTGG.
I always thought the wine shared by Bond and Goodnight was a joke written by the screenwriters. Turns out it is a real brand of wine in Thailand. Chat GPT describes it below:
Phuyuck wine, which originates from Thailand, has a reputation more for its quirky name than its flavor. The wine is generally considered to be low quality, with a taste profile that can be described as rough, harsh, and somewhat acidic. It’s typically produced from local grape varieties not commonly used in premium winemaking, which contributes to its rather unrefined flavor. The taste is often compared to vinegar or overly sour fruit, with minimal complexity, making it a unique yet challenging drink for those used to more refined wines.
In recent years, however, Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia have made strides in viticulture and winemaking, so modern wines from the region are evolving. But Phuyuck remains a novelty wine with a particular reputation for being an acquired taste.
So which are you drinking?
Now if we're not allowed to cheat that way and strictly have to do what Grant does, pairing grilled sol with Chianti, which doesn't match at all, not for me at least, I'd eat my fish first, drink a glass of water, and enjoy my Chianti afterwards with a few slices of bread.
As for Phuyuk, I looked it up and it appears a fictional wine and in the film they make it pretty clear it's not supposed to be good. And life's too short for bad wine.
In that case I'll definately go for the Phuyuck. The one from the film, that is.
Other than that, wine and fish, in which there's plenty of cheating possible to make it bearable (as @GoldenGun ) noted as well.
What you said.
I'm not a wine connoisseur, but even I know that the "white with fish", "red with red meat" rule is a rule of thumb thing and not an absolute. And, guilty as charged, I sometimes had red wine with fish. So...
But I gotta have some of that Phuyuck. Cheap spirits being very familiar.
Yeah, it’s more about how the flavours of the meat and wine pair together. As mentioned above you can have red wine with fish dishes, although I’m not sure how nice it’d be with sole!
Bad sparkling wine gives me the worst hangovers though, so I’ll take the red wine with fish.
Well, to be fair the question didn't specify which fish. I actually had it once with salmon of all things. Can't remember which red wine, but it was during Christmastime and the bottle was opened. Sometimes you just want to finish what has been started.
Filthy anecdote: poultry and white wine used to make me barf. So for years I stuck to red wine, whatever was on the menu.
Lets move on to some of the rare items and valuable objects that have been in a Bond movie.
Would you rather own a Faberge egg OR a Stradivarius cello?
Featured in OP, Karl Faberge made these eggs for the elite of Russia. There are 46 eggs in circulation today. Karl had made 50 but one was thoughtless destroyed by a Russian general hellbent on taking over Europe. ;) However the remaining eggs fetch a pretty penny on the open market. They can fetch between $6 million to $33 million depending on the design.
OR
Featured in TLD, this Cello is a masterpiece of design and sound. Even with a bullet hole the sound of this instrument is still perfect, so we are to believe. These were made in very limited quantities by Stradivari and as such fetch high amounts when they hit the market. One recently fetched $20 million dollars when it was auctioned. Unsure whether he one Kara plays would be worth that much, but still likely worth a pretty penny.
So which one would you rather own. By the way I am not talking the props from the films, but rather the original article.
Too soon!
I love my Faberge egg… took me ages to put it back together after that thoughtless Russian General smashed it.
I'd love to visit the Museo del violino in Cremona, the town where the Stradivari family originally is from and where they made them.
... enough said!
:x :x :-c
So I'll take the Stradivarius.
Decisions, decisions...