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"Blue Sky Home" in California wine country

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I could handle this joint, I think.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, 65, admits to drinking 14 bottles of wine a day

French actor Gerard Depardieu, 65, admits to drinking 14 bottles of wine a day – despite having a quintuple heart bypass

Actor told a French film magazine: ‘I can’t drink like a normal person’
He also enjoys beer, pastis, champagne, vodka and whiskey during the day
65-year-old says that he ‘never gets drunk’ despite voluminous intake

Published: 02:55 EST, 17 September 2024

Gerard Depardieu, the titan of French cinema and renowned bon vivant, claims he sometimes drinks up to 14 bottles of wine a day.
Even a quintuple heart bypass operation 14 years ago does not seem to have tempered the actor’s drinking, nor a serious motorcycle crash while over the legal limit.
The 65-year-old Frenchman’s fondness for wine is such that he runs his own award-winning vineyard in the Medoc.
He told French magazine So Film: ‘I can’t drink like a normal person. I can absorb 12, 13, 14 bottles per day.

Wine lover: Gerard Depardieu during a visit to the ‘Vinexpo’ international wine fair in Bordeaux, south-western France in 2024. He runs his own award-winning vineyard in the Medoc

‘In the morning, it starts at home with champagne or red wine before 10am, then again champagne.’
Gerard said he breaks up the wine intake with a little aniseed liqueur pastis.

He added: ‘Then food, accompanied by two bottles of wine.

‘In the afternoon, champagne, beer and more pastis at around 5pm, to finish off the bottle.
‘Later on, vodka and/or whisky. But I’m never totally drunk, just a little p*****d.
‘All you need is a 10-minute nap and voila, a slurp of rose wine and I feel as fresh as a daisy.
‘Anyway, I’m not going to die. Not now. I still have energy.’

Previously Depardieu made headlines after he was banned from an Air France flight for urinating in the aisle as it prepared to take off, forcing the plane to turn back to its parking spot.
A passenger on the flight said Depardieu appeared to be drunk and insisted he be allowed to use the bathroom during takeoff, when passengers must remain seated.

Gérard Depardieu cuts a slovenly figure with unkempt tresses as he sports personalised gilet around New York

Published: 11:47 EST, 8 December 2024

Gérard, 65, dressed down for a trip into New York City, even braving the cold in a matching short-sleeved polo top.

Dressed down: Gerard Depardieu hit the streets of New York City in a personalised gilet with his name on it on Sunday afternoon

The 20-stone actor neglected his grooming regime, leaving thin strands of untamed hair around the sides of his tinted shades.

Sweet Wine suggestions?

Tonight is our 1 year anniversary and we are pulling out the frozen wedding cake. I want to pick up a bottle of Wine (either still or sparkling) to drink with it, and the husband agreed it was a good idea. Except my husband only likes really Sweet Wine and usually the sweetest I will go when picking for myself is a riesling, so I’m not really sure what to pick up. Anyone have any recommendations that they like?

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Gerard Depardieu says he drinks 14 bottles of wine a day

65-year-old French actor Gerard Depardieu, who is now a Russian citizen, and has been cast in a Russian film, is the complete opposite of a teetotaler. Even most heavy drinkers would probably raise an eyebrow at how much alcohol he claims to consume.

Just last year the actor was pretty open about his drinking, but in a recent interview with So Film he detailed exactly how much he imbibes. He had a heart bypass surgery in 2024, which doesn’t seem to slow him down.

“When I’m bored, I drink,” he explained. “Apart from compulsory moments of abstinence. After bypass surgery, and also because of cholesterol and stuff, I have to be careful. I’m not going to die. Not now. I still have energy. But if ever I start drinking I can’t drink like a normal person. I can absorb 12, 13, 14 bottles per day.”

He relates that his doctor was worried about his drinking and asked him describe exactly how much he drinks. According to Depardieu, he starts his drinking at home with Champagne and red wine “before 10am”.

“Then pastis, maybe half a bottle. Then food, accompanied by two bottles of wine. In the afternoon, Champagne, beer, and more pastis at around 5pm, to finish off the bottle. Later on vodka and/or whisky,” he said.

Despite this constant flow of booze, he says he’s “never totally drunk, just a little pissed. All you need is a 10-minute nap and voila, a slurp of rose wine and I feel as fresh as a daisy.”

“What I like in being drunk is the moment when you’re alive and enthusiastic. Full stop. But when you have been there 10, 15, 20 times, 30 times, then you start losing track. There’s more to life than being drunk,” he said. He even makes his own wine and is thinking about developing a “bio vodka” made from spring water.

The actor also mentioned during the interview that he “killed two lions once, and I understand why the lion is the king of the jungle. In legitimate self-defense. Imagine you’re driving and your engine breaks down. You got out, and in your way are these animals. So you shoot, just to scare them. They don’t move. I wasn’t there for hunting. I was in Africa for Africa.”

Drinking problem? Gerard Depardieu drinks 14 bottles of wine a day

Wine Snob Thread

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Personally, I can’t get enough of Kendall Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Merlot.

Jamie Chung: Brancott Estate’s New Wine Launch in NYC on 3/12/2024

Jamie Chung: Brancott Estate’s New Wine Launch in NYC on 3/12/2014

From dailymail.co.uk

Jamie Chung attended the Launch of Brancott Estate’s new wine, Flight Song, at the Ph-D Lounge bar in Manhattan on Wednesday, March 12, 2024

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Congratulations, You Are Drinking Lots of Arsenic In Your Cheap Wine

In news that will fuck up Your weekend and Your Wine cellar (if you’ve got one but who’s got one?!): a class-action lawsuit was filed on Thursday against 28 California wineries for containing high levels of arsenic. Time now to graduate to fancy wine, or at the very least steer very clear from two-buck-chucks and Franzia.

Mother Jones reports:

According to the complaint, three independent laboratories tested the wines and found that some contained levels of Arsenic "up to 500% or more than what is what is considered the maximum acceptable safe daily intake limit. Put differently, just a glass or two of these arsenic-contaminated wines a day over time could result in dangerous Arsenic toxicity to the consumer."

I don’t even understand what consuming 500% more of anything feels like, except maybe a Franzia hangover?

The origins of the lawsuit draw back to Kevin Hicks, a former Wine distributor who started BeverageGrades, a Denver-based lab that analyzes wine. The lab tested 1,300 bottles of California wine, and found that about a quarter of them had higher levels of Arsenic than the maximum limit that the Environmental Protection Agency allows in water. Hicks noticed a trend: As he told CBS, "The lower the price of Wine on a per-liter basis, the higher the amount of arsenic." Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw White Zinfandel came in at three times the EPA’s level, while Franzia’s White Grenache was five times higher. The lawsuit alleges that the contaminated wines are cheaper in part because their producers don’t "implement the proper methods and processes to reduce inorganic arsenic."

But the aggrieved are coming against these allegations with Wine bottles blazing, cuz reputation:

Wine industry groups have begun to contest the lawsuit’s contentions and motive. The California Wine trade group, the Wine Institute, released astatement saying, "While there are no established limits in the U.S., several countries, including the European Union, have established limits of 100 parts per billion or higher for wine. California Wine exports are tested by these governments and are below the established limits." A representative of The Wine Group, one of the defendants, says that the plaintiffs "decided to file a complaint based on misleading and selective information in order to defame responsible California winemakers, create unnecessary fear, and distort and deceive the public for their own financial gain."

I’m unconvinced and taking a skrong stance against arsenic.