winemonger wrote:

4. Battleship Potemkin (USSR)

Surely only vodka, the cheaper the better, would do for Eisenstein's
proletarian masterpiece.



9. The Bicycle Thief (ITALY)

It should be rustic and Italian: Salice Salentino, perhaps?

12. Metropolis (GERMANY)

A 1990 Tete de Cuvee Champagne, the choice of many who ushered in the 21st
Century.



13. Big Night (US)
-Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1998

A Gaja Barbaresco, I'd suggest.

15. On the Waterfront (US)

Cold, cheap beer. Stanley Kowalski wouldn't have it any other way.



16. Casablanca (US)

Krug or Bollinger, served with ennui. ;-)



17. Like Water for Chocolate (MEXICO)

Monte Xanic Chardonnay.

19. Lawrence of Arabia (US)

Herbal tea.


23. Ben-Hur (US)

Falesco Vitiano



24. My Dinner with Andre (US)

Hmmm... I don't remember the food served, alas. They'd need a wine to
contemplate. Cos D'Estournel, perhaps?



25. Un Chien Andalou (FRANCE)
-What kind of wine pairs with eyeballs?

Absinthe with an LSD chaser.


27. Seven Samurai (JAPAN)
-Shinkame Shuzo Shinkame Funakuchi (Junmaishu) N.V.

Plenty of (hot) sake.



28. Vertigo (US)

Given the setting (SF), and the period, a mid-century Inglenook or BV
Cabernet.



29. Babettes Feast (DENMARK)

1983 Yquem.

34. Tampopo (JAPAN)

What wine goes with noodles? Green tea, please. Make it gyokuro.


41. Raise the Red Lantern (CHINA)

Chinese rice wine.


43. Eat Drink Man Woman (TAIWAN)

Black tea.

Mark Lipton