A blog about California wine and other good stuff from the owners of California Wine Merchants in Manhattan.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Face the music
I’m sure that all you wine lovers out there can point out scores (no pun intended) of connections between wine and music. Music is undoubtedly a lovely backdrop to enjoying a glass of wine. Wine has been mentioned in countless popular songs from “Red Red Wine” by UB40 to “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” by Billy Joel (no, the name of the song is not “A Bottle of Red, A Bottle of White” so don’t test me.) Music has even been the inspiration for some wines, such as Arietta out of Napa Valley , arietta meaning a short aria. But did you ever expect wine to make music?
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I bought the album and I must say it is actually very beautiful. It doesn't sound like you heard it all in context to me Vino Girl. The music is evocative and very clever. Cheers. Andrew
ReplyDeleteI have to agree. I also got the album and I really enjoy the music. It is meant to be heard as a whole and I listen to it more than any album on my ipod.
ReplyDeleteIt's also great at dinner parties.
There is a movie on the website that explains how it was made. very cool indeed. Each to their own but if you like ethereal music you'll find it worth checking out.
I also bought the Sound of Wine and loved it.
ReplyDeleteI studied music and have to say this is pretty clever composition. I particularly enjoyed the King pieces. The Satie arrangement sounded great with Wine Glasses. The Bach I could have done without but it's a great and innovative album. Matthew Peterson