Paltrow, Silver and Wine
It always seems that the world gets smaller and smaller–so a fun story. At the Nashville Antiques and Garden Show in February Gwyneth Paltrow and her children Apple and Moses dropped by the booth and Apple fell in love with some sterling iced beverage spoons. She thought they were for ice cream sundaes/parfaits–a great use (I always use them for root beer floats). They bought the entire flatware service for their upstairs family kitchen and some elegant serving pieces as well. I then started following Ms. Paltrow’s fun blog/commentary/whatever called Goop and in April she did a lengthy wine segment. Turns out their favorite pinot noir is Au Bon Climat by Jim Clendennon and he is a friend of ours and the business partner of our cousin Bob Lindquist famous for his Qupe syrahs and chardonays. They serve the wines to all their English friends to introduce them to great California Central Coast wines–Jim and Bob are two of the original and justly famous “Rhone Rangers” who introduced the Rhone varietals to that region. Now if you only needed silver to drink wine ! (and yes, sterling goblets are fun if you use them with the correct wines at the correct temperatures–but not a necessity!) Harvey Nichols and Whole Foods are convenient spots to buy their wines in London–all good wine stores in America.