Wine in the Wild
Castle - "Tick, Tick, Tick..."
Season 2, Episode 17 - Aired 22 Mar 2010
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After being ordered home to decompress, Beckett is surprised by Castle on her doorstep. To explain his appearance, he says, "Agent Shaw said we need to decompress. Nothing decompresses like a 2000 Chateauneuf du Pape."
And while he's right about 2000 being one of the best years on record for Chateauneuf du Pape (a part of southern France's Rhone, and famous for red wines that blend up to 13 grapes but primarily use Grenache and Syrah and Mourvedre) there's one small problem with his story. Chateauneuf du Pape bottles are unique in that they have a very distinct shape. They aren't tall and slender like the bottle he's holding - those are more common for Bordeaux, Napa Cabernet and many others. CdP bottles have a rounded shoulder and some type of papal insignia embossed on them, like this:
Good research by the writers, bad follow-through by the prop department. At least when Beckett declines the wine Castle does the classy thing and dumps her glass into his. There's nothing sadder than a wasted glass of good wine.
