{"id":3051,"date":"2019-10-10T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2022-10-31T10:32:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T14:32:02","slug":"halloween-wine-recommendations-from-your-favorite-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/halloween-wine-recommendations-from-your-favorite-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Wine Recommendations From Your Favorite Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s October – that time of year when eerie evenings come early, and the air begins to chill you to the bone. Spooky delights await at the end of the month, and in anticipation of All Hallows\u2019 Eve, we wanted to line up some killer wine selections<\/a> to enjoy at the annual frightful f\u00eate. We had some fun and imagined what it would be like if we went straight to the source and interviewed the world\u2019s most famous monsters to see what they\u2019re tasting on Fright Night:<\/p>\n

Count Dracula, Transylvania:<\/h3>\n

\u201cAs an undead entity, I\u2019ve had centuries to develop my palate, not to mention that my exclusive sustenance is an inky red liquid, so yeah, I\u2019d say that I\u2019m something of a beverage specialist. It should be no surprise that I have a taste for notes of what the French call “sang,” the ferrous earthiness that a mere mortal may know from kissing a paper cut. I often find this flavor best represented in mature Bordeaux wines, especially those with a high percentage of Cabernet Franc in the blend, and French Malbec from Cahors really gets my (nonexistent) pulse racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frankenstein\u2019s Monster, The Arctic Circle:<\/h3>\n

\u201cWine, for me, has always been about tasting a sense of place. With no intellectual narrative before my resurrection, I feel my memories, as impressions and intuitions, which I\u2019ve been able to connect to the notion of tasting terroir in a wine. The perfect junction of place-character in wine and my own personal journey has proven to be German Rieslings which often display distinct minerality according to the quality of vineyard soil. That, and my corpse was stolen from a Bavarian morgue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wolfman, Wales:<\/h3>\n

\u201cWerewolves love to eat, and so I don\u2019t think that I\u2019m alone when I say that wine, for my culture, is largely about complementing cuisine. My diet is very protein heavy, and I\u2019m not afraid of the gristly bits, so the wines I gravitate towards are tannic and full, like Syrah-based Rh\u00f4ne blends. California Zinfandel is a delightful treat when it comes from a warm climate like the Sierra Foothills, and I\u2019ve never said no to an Argentine Malbec with a nice, rare piece of gamey meat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Imhotep, Egypt:<\/h3>\n

\u201cYou may think that I subscribe to the theory that wine is best enjoyed after years in the cellar, myself having been mummified and matured for centuries in my own personal vault. To the contrary: for me, the more youthful, the better – I\u2019ve had enough of all things stuffy and dust-covered! Give me a Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley with its aromas of wildflowers, or a crisp and fresh Pinot Grigio from Italy\u2019s Veneto. After a few glasses, I really start to unwind!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Weird Sisters, Scotland:<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe love to get creative in the kitchen. Eye of newt, toe of frog, wool of bat, tongue of dog; whatever\u2019s lying around the pantry tends to find its way into our stews. With flavors this diverse, it can be hard to know the right wine with which a witch should hitch! We find that a fruity and bright Proven\u00e7al Ros\u00e9 is a wickedly good match for complex concoctions like ours. Our dinner guests are spellbound by the pairing!\u201d<\/p>\n

Zombie Horde, Your Front Doorstep:<\/h3>\n

\u201cBRAAAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

*** Note: no monsters were actually interviewed for this post, though we like to think they’d enjoy the wines we’ve selected<\/a>. If you’d like to follow in their spooky footsteps, order a bottle of wine for Halloween from WTSO<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s October – that time of year when eerie evenings come early, and the air begins to chill you to the bone. Spooky delights await at the end of the month, and in anticipation of All Hallows\u2019 Eve, we wanted to line up some killer wine selections to enjoy at the annual frightful f\u00eate. We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338,335],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seasonal","category-wine-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3051"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6195,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions\/6195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wtso.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}