This weekend’s paring is Liberty School Cabernet with Dead Poets Society.
Much like Welton Preparatory Academy depicted in this film, Liberty School wines in Paso Robles have a long history of honest work and tradition.
By no means, however, would I describe Welton Prep as a “Liberty School”. Quite the opposite! In this film, it’s a place where young men are sent by their doctor, lawyer, and banker fathers to become their carbon copies…
That’s until Prof. Keating arrives and teaches the boys what free-thinking and LIBERTY are all about! And he does so with great gusto!!
The winemakers at Liberty School are a couple of childhood buddies that bonded after a series of outrageous adventures. Inspired by their teacher, I’d say the Dead Poets vowed friendship in a very similar way.
Liberty School comes from Hope Family Wine, a name that reflects the unquestioned theme of this classic. Even at an academic factory, pumping out it’s boxed-in future Ivy leaguers, someone like Keating can bring them Freedom and Hope.
This wine is intended to elevate the everyday, which prompts me to cite the most monumental quote in this most quotable of movies…….
CARPE DIEM!! (SEIZE THE DAY!!)