Gone Girl & Cocobon Dark Red Blend
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The Pairing
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Cocobon Dark Red Blend
It's the end of July- blazing hot and sticky humid- so what we need is a very deep hole to hide away in where we can be cold and creeped out. Enter Gillian Flynn.
If you haven't read Gone Girl, then I don't even know what to tell you. It's one of those books that gives you a general "oh, now I know what's going on... wait WHAT?!" feeling throughout. And while you will cringe quite a bit, the positive is that you will look at the people around you more tenderly because at least they aren't that crazy.
For such a book we need a deep-hole-?!-cringe wine to pair. Enter Cocobon Dark.
The "dark" part of this wine doesn't make it heavy or thick or anything like that. It's a red blend that gives you a general "oh, now I know what's going on... wait WHAT?!" feeling throughout. Imagine that moment when you're eating blackberries and you get one that's ripened past the point of being tart, when it's just sweet and juicy and soft. And then it tastes like chocolate.
Cocobon's focus is on rich and silky wines, just like Gillian Flynn's novels have rich and silky story lines. There is an element of luxury in both: like you're experiencing something decadent, something surely too enticing to be good for you. But I promise, you deserve to sneak away with this pairing for a little bit, if only to beat the heat for an afternoon.
One warning... this book may make you feel weird about wine bottles for a little while. My best advice is to drink up and recycle the evidence as quickly as possible. And then maybe pop open another because you are not going to want to stop reading.
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Page 60
You may be inspired to start keeping a diary of your own after reading Gone Girl, so let me suggest a classy, personalized one to hold all your secrets.
The Pairing
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Cocobon Dark Red Blend
It's the end of July- blazing hot and sticky humid- so what we need is a very deep hole to hide away in where we can be cold and creeped out. Enter Gillian Flynn.
If you haven't read Gone Girl, then I don't even know what to tell you. It's one of those books that gives you a general "oh, now I know what's going on... wait WHAT?!" feeling throughout. And while you will cringe quite a bit, the positive is that you will look at the people around you more tenderly because at least they aren't that crazy.
For such a book we need a deep-hole-?!-cringe wine to pair. Enter Cocobon Dark.
The "dark" part of this wine doesn't make it heavy or thick or anything like that. It's a red blend that gives you a general "oh, now I know what's going on... wait WHAT?!" feeling throughout. Imagine that moment when you're eating blackberries and you get one that's ripened past the point of being tart, when it's just sweet and juicy and soft. And then it tastes like chocolate.
Cocobon's focus is on rich and silky wines, just like Gillian Flynn's novels have rich and silky story lines. There is an element of luxury in both: like you're experiencing something decadent, something surely too enticing to be good for you. But I promise, you deserve to sneak away with this pairing for a little bit, if only to beat the heat for an afternoon.
One warning... this book may make you feel weird about wine bottles for a little while. My best advice is to drink up and recycle the evidence as quickly as possible. And then maybe pop open another because you are not going to want to stop reading.
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Page 60
You may be inspired to start keeping a diary of your own after reading Gone Girl, so let me suggest a classy, personalized one to hold all your secrets.
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