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Weekend Movie Blend Back to the Future and Big House Red
Think of the silver DeLorean as the screw cap of time machines (both have sleek metal skins, after all) and you'll see why we've chosen Back to the Future to pair with Bonny Doon's tasty and screw-capped Big House Red.
Back to the Future was released in July of 1985 and became the hit of the year, hauling in over $210 million at the boxoffice. Michael J. Fox was a smash as Marty McFly, the high schooler who accidentally goes back in time to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean built by his wild-haired friend Doc Brown. The DeLorean crashes and then
things get even worse: Marty's teenaged mother falls for time-travelling Marty instead of for his future dad.
Back to the Future was followed by two sequels, a TV cartoon series, a theme park ride and heaven knows what else, so it's easy to forget how fresh, funny and inventive the original film really was. Sure, some of the 1985 references are dated now -- Calvin Klein underwear jokes, Van Halen tunes, Fox's "cool" down vest -- but on
the other hand, skateboarding is bigger than ever. And bullies, nerds, cute high school girls and Chuck Berry are timeless. Besides, who doesn't enjoy a juicy bit of time travel?
You could say that wine is its own juicy time machine, taking us on exotic trips back to 1995 or '85 (or '55) and into the future as we stash new cases in the cellar. Bonny Doon winemaker Randall Grahm has a bit of Doc Brown in him, blending up some of the most fascinating wines around and having a whale of a time doing it. (See
our interview with him this week.) His Big House Red is a blend of "pan-Mediterranean varieties," including Syrah, Barbera, Carignane and Malbec. Fresh, fun and a little mind-bending, it's the perfect wine to take for a Saturday-night spin with Back to the Future.
And if you squint at the label just a little bit, you can pretend you see Michael J. Fox making a getaway in his souped-up DeLorean.
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Back to the Future was released in July of 1985 and became the hit of the year, hauling in over $210 million at the boxoffice. Michael J. Fox was a smash as Marty McFly, the high schooler who accidentally goes back in time to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean built by his wild-haired friend Doc Brown. The DeLorean crashes and then
things get even worse: Marty's teenaged mother falls for time-travelling Marty instead of for his future dad.
