as it says in the title, I'm interested in finding what kind of wine captain picard preferred. anybody know? thanks 
What kind of wine did picard drink?
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as it says in the title, I'm interested in finding what kind of wine captain picard preferred. anybody know? thanks
I'm not sure it is ever said which type of wine Picard preferred. However, Picard drank Earl Grey tea and Aldebaran whiskey, while Dixon Hill drank scotch, neat.
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Well, according to the Memory Alpha website, he quite enjoyed the wine produced by his own family - Chateau Picard:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Chateau_Picard
It was referred to several times in both the TV series and films.
It was an estate red, BTW.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Chateau_Picard
It was referred to several times in both the TV series and films.
It was an estate red, BTW.
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Agreed on the "Chateau Picard" answer.
Would really have been hilarious to see Picard toting around a box of Thunderbird, though.
Would really have been hilarious to see Picard toting around a box of Thunderbird, though.
Oddly enough since La Barre is in Normandy it's far more likely that his brother would be producing Cider, and if he was producing wine it would most probably be white wine based on the following grapes: Melon de Bourgogne, Auxerrois, Pinot Noir, Muller-Thurgau and Pinot Gris.
It's entirely possible that Chateau Picard red is pretty awful stuff and that Picard was wise to only share it with an android and a member of an alien race who had never tasted decent wine before.
It's entirely possible that Chateau Picard red is pretty awful stuff and that Picard was wise to only share it with an android and a member of an alien race who had never tasted decent wine before.
IIRC though he also shared it with the Bridge Crew after Data's 'death'.
He must have really hated that android. I knew he protested too much in "The Measure of a Man"
That'd be safe to assume given that his brother makes the hideous vinegary stuff. And let's be honest his brother wasn't exactly Picard's biggest fan.
I'll give you that a few centuries of climate change and tech breakthoughs (the Weather Modification Net or vinicultural tech for instance) might well allow for the production of better quality red wine in Normandy than is currently available. However, La Barre is in Normandy in the real world, and if it were south of the Mediterranean it would be in Africa.
Political boundaries may change; if the night sky changed, it would literally be the end of the world. (An axis tilt change that severe would end all agriculture everywhere for a good many centuries.)
And France has extended to Africa for several of the past centuries. Perhaps that state of affairs is going to return?
Of course, it may also be that the night sky in "Family" looked like that way because it was midwinter there, not because the vineyard was particularly far south. If technology can control weather, perhaps it is used extensively in 24th century agriculture to allow for the growing of wines in December...
Timo Saloniemi
And France has extended to Africa for several of the past centuries. Perhaps that state of affairs is going to return?
Of course, it may also be that the night sky in "Family" looked like that way because it was midwinter there, not because the vineyard was particularly far south. If technology can control weather, perhaps it is used extensively in 24th century agriculture to allow for the growing of wines in December...
Timo Saloniemi
Indeed, this is a very silly discussion isn't it.
Just wait: stardates haven't been brought into it yet...
On the original topic, tastes on wines may change in the future. Perhaps what is valued today is considered vile tomorrow, and the soil that creates good red wine grapes today is deemed to ruin them tomorrow?
Timo Saloniemi
On the original topic, tastes on wines may change in the future. Perhaps what is valued today is considered vile tomorrow, and the soil that creates good red wine grapes today is deemed to ruin them tomorrow?
Timo Saloniemi
That's it though isn't it, since we don't know that in the 24th century they don't enjoy rancid meat and vinegary wine it's a bit of a moot point. I mean look at Garum, the popular Roman fish-based condiment. Apparently they went wild for the stuff, but to modern tastes it's pretty nasty stuff.
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