Welcome back to the spooky series, where we choose a film and create a fitting Cocktail to go alongside, I’ll give you a little history into each film and the know-how to create a delicious Cocktail.

Coraline

Coraline is a standalone stop motion movie, released on May 8th, 2009 in the UK, it had a budget of $60 million and brought in 124.6 million USD at the box office, but it is thanks to British author Neil Gaiman for writing the original Coraline book, first published on the 2nd of July 2002 and it was illustrated by Dave McKean.

Dakota Fanning voiced Coraline in the movie, she started alongside acts like Keith David who voiced the cat and Ian McShane who voiced Mr. Bobinsky.

Although the movie is over 10 years old, it stands as a cult classic, still an enjoyable movie to watch, if you’re interested, here are a couple of facts about Coraline:

1. The movie was originally intended to be a live-action, but thanks to Director and screenplay writer Henry Selick who pushed for the film to be a stop motion, he felt it would take away from the story.
2. Like any stop motion film, it takes quite a while to make, in Coraline’s case, it took a total of 4 years to finish, it took twenty months to finish the stop motion part even with a team of thirty different animators working on it at any given time.
3. Wybie Lovat was not a real character in the novel, but in the movie, he takes on a big and important role.
4. During The Theater Scene, there were over 500 Scottish Terriers created.
5. The scene when Coraline and her mother went shopping was close to never happening, the producers didn’t want to leave the Pink Palace world they created, but Henry Selick believed it was important that Coraline had that moment with her mother to further show the tenacious relationship they had and to put more tension on the emotions and decisions that Coraline later has.

Thanks to Screenrant for the facts.

The Rosé Prosecco From Giusti

The Giusti family’s passion for wine dates back to the 1600s, the journey started when they bought a two-hectare property where Giusti Wine was soon to be established. Giusti Wine came from the original Dal Col vineyard which dated back to 1945, the full name of the company is Società Agricola Giusti-Dal Col srl, Giusti Wine planted their first vineyard in 2002 and grow rapidly with them now having approximately 75 hectares.

Their new Rosé Prosecco is hot off the market, a wonderful blend and a great example of what a Rosé Prosecco can be.

Rosalia – Prosecco DOC Rosé Millesimato 2020 Extra Dry Tasting Notes

Aroma 👃 “Soft almost creamy blueberry, blackberry and raspberry with a touch of vanilla on the aroma.” 

Flavour 👅 “A delicate taste of smooth raspberries, strawberries and hints of blueberries and herbal notes, a very enjoyable experience.”

The Beldam Cocktail

Ingredients

• Rosé Prosecco
• Elderflower and Jasmine Gin
• Blueberry Juice
• Yellow Sugar Rim

How To Make The Beldam Cocktail

1. Dip the rim of your glass into water, then dip it into your yellow sugar or normal sugar to create the sugar rim.
2. Pour in 15mls of your Elderflower and Jasmine Gin or any Gin you have on hand.
3. Pour in 100mls of Blueberry Juice.
4. Then Top up with 150mls of Sparkling Wine.

Tasting Notes

Aroma 👃 “Blueberries, summer berries, Elderflower and jasmine on the aroma.”

Flavour 👅 “A ripe sweetness from the array of berries in this magical combination, blueberries, raspberries, elderflower, jasmine and hints of herbal notes on the palate.”

Happy Halloween