TRICK AND TREAT? LAVALIFE PAIRS HALLOWEEN FILMS AND WINE FOR THE …
Source: PR Leap (press release) ()
(PRLEAP.COM) TORONTO, Ont. (October 26, 2007) – Witches and Goblins and Ghosts…oh my! This year, instead of hitting a boring costume party, lock your doors, pull your shades, light a few Jack-O-Lanterns, invite over all of your single friends and set the mood for a frightful night! This Halloween, Lavalife, a leading online dating website, asked contributing journalist and the world’s only film sommelier Christopher Sawyer to help singles create the perfect Halloween night with wine parings for the holiday’s most frightening films.
Curling up for a Hitchcock marathon culminating in Psycho? You could just wing it at the wine shop. Or you could impress the heck out of your date and your friends by serving Mia’s Playground 2005 Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley ($16), which is reminiscent of the classic vineyard scenes depicted in the film. Cool, huh? But wait! There’s more…
Lavalife’s Halloween Film Special: Ghouls, Ghosts, Goblins and Wine
By Christopher Sawyer
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Ah, Evil. The substructure of the scary movie. The heart of Halloween. Many an actor has attempted to truly personify Evil but few have been so successful as Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter, a creepy suspense thriller in which Mitchum stars as an evil preacher who uses powers of brutal force and psychological mind-games to find a hidden fortune in a small town. Yikes!
Pairing: Wyndham Estate 2004 Show Reserve Shiraz, Australia, $18*
To smooth out the wickedness of this dark and edgy film, try this delicious new release from Wyndham Estate, a legendary winery known for blazing the wine trail in the Hunter Valley of Eastern Australia. In 1828, English immigrant George Wyndham made Australia’s first commercial Shiraz on the Dalwood property in the then rather primitive region. Today, the fruit used to this exciting wine is sourced from the winery’s estate property in the valley and other premium …