The World has many types of Kings…
And their Estates vary just as much. One could be a beautiful vineyard in Oregon. Another, a dingy boiler room in the bowels of a New York City building.
Either way, they might both be Kings!
This week’s movie and wine pairing is King Estate Pinot Gris with The Fisher King.
I couldn’t imagine anyone other than Robin Williams playing Parry. Parry is a mentally ill homeless man, a knight on a quest to find the Holy Grail. The chalice he seeks is held in the Estate (Castle) of a rich man on the Upper East Side.
Parry tells Jack (Jeff Bridges) the fabled story of the Fisher King. The Grail, brought to him by a fool, is said to quench the unquenchable thirst of the King.
The soils of Oregon most definitely yielded a deliciously thirst quenching Pinot Gris!
In Arthurian literature, the Holy Grail is said to provide happiness, eternal youth, and sustenance in infinite abundance. In a way, can’t a really nice wine do the same?
Grab a bottle of this organic Pinot Gris and throw on this Robin Williams comedic classic. See if together they don’t evoke some of these feelings for you.
And imagine Parry with his kooky homeless gang as they give their rendition of this tune, How About You. I love New York in June….