
I am a Disney freak. I admit this with little to no shame. I love all things Disney. Released this Friday, the movie Ratatouille is my perfect film. It’s animated, it will have enough humor geared to adults, and it’s about food & wine. Well, it’s also about a talking rat who wants to be a chef. Once you get past the rat part (a rat – couldn’t they have picked something else?), it’s a fun concept.
So when I read that Disney is releasing a wine with a Ratatouille label through Costco, I got pretty excited. Heck, I might even join Costco to get this. (Not that there’s a Costco overly close by …) I don’t know what label they are re-branding, if any, but the wine will be from the Burgundy region and retail for $12.99.
I Must Have It.
I want two bottles. One to drink and a spare in case I screw up the label remover on the first one.
July 13 Update: Oops! Disney decided to pull the wine.
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The bottle are out there. If you look hard someday maybe you’ll find one. I have one and I know a number of other people who have them as well.
I have a whole case of the wine (well, 9 bottles left). Disney pbacked out at the last minute for fear of “alcoholic beverages having a Disney branding”. I was the film editor on the show and they gifted a couple pallets to Pixar. It was a very good wine from the Burgundy region, but unfortunately did not age well (I did not have safe storage and have moved a couple times). The labels are beautiful and the bottles are unopened. If you are interested in having any, or know somebody who is, please let me know. Not sure what they are worth but I’d rather not just leave them in the box. I live in Glendale/Los Angeles if that makes any difference.
Cheers,
Darren Holmes