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Star Trek wine range expands with Klingon ‘Bloodwine’
A year after the launch of Star Trek Wines, the company behind its creation has expanded the range with the Klingon Bloodwine Cabernet Sauvignon and the first white wine in the line-up.
The newly-released Klingon Bloodwine
Announced in a press release in both English and Klingon, Star Trek Wines has announced the latest additions to its wine fleet.
The first new bottle in the wine range, inspired by the sci-fi Star Trek television and film franchise, is the Klingon Bloodwine 2018. Packaged in a wax-dipped bottle, it is made from Cabernet Sauvignon and produced by the E2 Family Winery in Lodi, California.
Klingon is both the name of the fictional species of humanoid that appear in Star Trek and the language which they speak.
For added “authenticity”, the creators consulted members of the KAG (Klingon Assault Group) and the KLI (Klingon Language Institute) when creating the packaging and related brand material.
Priced at US$50 a bottle, the wine is available to pre-order in the US for shipping on 17 September, the Klingon ‘Day of Honour’.
The second addition to the line-up is the United Federation of Planets Sauvignon Blanc, a limited-edition bottling designed to accompany the United Federation of Planets Old Vine Zinfandel, which was released last year.
Packaged in numbered bottles, the wine is made from north coast Californian Sauvignon Blanc grapes in a bottle that draws design cues from uniforms worn in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and is priced at US$40 a bottle.
The range is exclusively available via startrekwines.com and was created by US lifestyle company Wines That Rock in collaboration with ViacomCBS Consumer Products. The wines are made by the E2 Family Winery as well as Château Picard in St-Estèphe.
Commenting on the release of the themed wines, Wines That Rock president, Howard Jackowitz, said: “Star Trek Wines is one of our all-time favourite projects. The collaboration between Star Trek experts from ViacomCBS Consumer Products team, our award-winning winemakers and designers, as well as several of the world’s leading Star Trek and Klingon experts have produced two new additions to the Official Star Trek Wines Collection that our entire company are proud of.
“Our goal is always to create great-tasting, limited edition, collectible wines that we as fans want to own and enjoy. As Klingon warriors would say – Qapla’!”
The first wines in the range, the Château Picard Bordeaux 2016 and old vine Zinfandel, were released last year ahead of the broadcast of the latest Star Trek: Picard series.
The range was inspired by the story-line in which Captain Jean-Luc Picard, portrayed by British actor Patrick Stewart, comes from a family of French winemakers from La Barre in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where they produce a futuristic Burgundy under two labels: Château Picard and Château La Barre.
However, the real Château Picard is located not in Burgundy but in Bordeaux, and is owned by négociant house Mähler-Besse. The wine, made in collaboration with the Star Trek Wines team, proved a sell-out success.
Like the new wines in the range, the Zinfandel is made in the US. The original release was made from a blend of 87% Zinfandel, 12% Petite Sirah and 1% Syrah from Dry Creek and Russian River in Sonoma county.
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