Theīack and forth was, as it always is for Coppola, “an abstract process” that she likens to “tasting something that isn’t what it be will yet.” And, the 2013 growing season, Beck explains, She sent tasting references, and he sent samples. With 3,000 miles separating Coppola’s New York City home from the winery in Sonoma, she relied on the winemaker Corey Beck’s expertise to create the blend. “I also loveĪ traditional big Napa cab,” she says, “but it’s nice to have a variation.” She ended up with a bottle as sophisticated as her films and as demure as the pictures sheĪrriving at the lighter Rhône blend, composed from grenache, syrah and mourvèdre, stemmed from Coppola’s appreciation of French wines, a love she harbored while living in Paris. Ultimately, Coppola wanted to create an everyday dinner wine “lighter than the more hearty Napa reds we make,” she says. To bear her name, with a flavor profile designed, in part, by her. And this Saturday, on Valentine’s Day, Coppola introduces the first bottle of red Has also included a non-alcoholic sparkling beverage, an off-dry riesling, a refreshing rosé and a soft, versatile chardonnay. The blend, best known as the bubbly packaged in chic little raspberry-colored cans (accompanied by miniature straws), became the first Coppola wine named after Sofia. Sixteen years ago, the filmmaker and vintner Francis Ford Coppola named a personal batch of blanc de blancs sparkling wine after his effervescent daughter Sofia, who loved it so much that they decided to produce it on a larger Page and James Gibbs Brian Nichols/The New York Times Sofia Coppola will unveil a new bottle, Sofia Red, on Valentine's Day.
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