Episode 6: Top 5 Movies

Link: Top 5 Movies

This week Brad and Daniel sat down to discuss their top five movies they've seen five times or more. Daniel introduced Avaline Wines. We enjoyed the Sauvignon Blanc, Rose, and Pinot Noir.

While Avaline doesn't produce their own wines, it seems they're extremely involved in selecting the vineyards and wineries they work with to ensure transparency in what is in their wines. https://drinkavaline.com/pages/transparency

Here are the tasting notes for each of the wines:

Sauvignon Blanc: Crisp and fresh, with notes of ripe citrus and rose petals

The grapes:

Sauvignon Blanc - Sauvignon Blanc produces bright and fresh wines with flavors ranging from ultra-tart to soft and floral. Ours is crisp, with balanced acidity and notes of rose petals.

Pairs well with: Shared plates and easy conversation

Rose: Light and fresh, with notes of melon and zest

The grapes:

Grenache - A staple of Provence, the Grenache grape adds vibrance to our blend through its expression of stone fruit and tropical fruit flavors

Cinsault - A low sugar grape, Cinsault helps keep our alcohol low while adding a peachy cantaloupe color and tart cherry to the finish of the blend

Caladoc - This grape is to thank for our Rosé's appealing color and delicately expressive mouthfeel, where spices mingle with nectarine blossoms

Syrah - Sweet and spicy, Syrah helps round out the other grapes and brings a light peppery finish

Pairs well with: The warmth of the sun and the company of your best friend

Pinot Noir: Light bodied with notes of wild raspberry and cherry

The grapes:

Pinot Noir grapes typically have bright red fruit flavors and a subtle touch of earthy spice-our Pinot picks up on those fruity notes and reminds us of wild raspberry and cherry.

Pairs well with: Fading sunlight and your favorite song

Here's Brad's list of his top 100 (or so) movies he compiled during COVID:

• PCU

• Star Wars: A New Hope

• The Usual Suspects

• Harrison Bergeron

• When Harry Met Sally

• Being John Malkovich

• The Princess Bride

• Unbreakable

• The Sixth Sense

• Old School

• The Butterfly Effect

• Grease

• Little Shop of Horrors

• Fallen

• Willy Wonka

• A Bronx Tale

• Say Anything

• Gross Pointe Blank

• School of Rock

• High Fidelity

• Iron Man

• Guardians of the Galaxy

• Back to the Future

• Hiding Out

• Heaven Can Wait (1978)

• Defending Your Life

• The Prophecy

• Suicide Kings

• The King of New York

• Scarface

• The Freshman

• Dogma

• Little Nicky

• Stranger Than Fiction

• Donnie Brasco

• Airplane

• Boat Trip

• Dazed And Confused

• So I Married An Axe Murderer

• The Blues Brothers

• They Live

• Dark City

• Logan’s Run

• Ghostbusters

• Average Joe’s

• Pulp Fiction

• Catch Me If You Can

• Surviving the Game

• The Terminator

• Men In Black

• Hot Tub Time Machine

• Looper

• Time Cop

• Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

• Groundhog Day

• Time Bandits

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail

• The Life of Brian

• Superbad

• Shaun of the Dead

• Office Space

• Blazing Saddles

• The 40 year-old Virgin

• Young Frankenstein

• Caddyshack

• There’s Something About Mary

• The Jerk

• Clueless

• American Pie

• Meet the Parents

• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

• National Lampoon’s European Vacation

• Wayne’s World

• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

• Friday the 13th

• Poltergeist

• The Evil Dead

• Army of Darkness

• Jaws

• The Fly (1986)

• Hellraiser

• Donnie Brasco

• Training Day

• The Departed

• Heat

• Blow

• The One

• Blade Runner (1982)

• The Matrix

• Alien

• Minority Report

• Planet of the Apes

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers

• Fight Club

• Forrest Gump

• The Shawshank Redemption

• Goodfellas

• Raiders of the Lost Ark

• Rocky