Downton Abbey Wines Unveiled

Make room on your pop-culture-themed bar cart—somewhere near the Game of Thronesbeer and Pitt-Jolie rosé.

Downton Abbey has unveiled its official Bordeaux collection, which is available for purchase in the U.S. on November 1, 2013. (As a cruel twist of fate, the U.K., which receives the series first, will have to wait until later this year to uncork their own post-Edwardian-era-inspired liquors.) Although this is thrilling news for ourDownton Abbey Season Four drinking game—sip each time Robert Crawley makes a dim-witted decision for the family, etc.—we are slightly disappointed about the dull wine names:

Downton Abbey Bordeaux Claret 2012 and Downton Abbey Bordeaux Blanc 2012. Either they vetoed our suggestions for Carson’s Kick-Ass Cab and Bates Bordeaux—or Carson and Bates were wisely holding out for a larger cut of their eponymous wine empire.


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