Adele Is Ending Her Booze Break for This Wine — And Honestly, We Kind Of Get It
Adele is planning on ending her booze break with a very pricey wine. (Photo: zz/KGC-138/STAR MAX/IPx/The Associated Press)
On Friday, The Drinks Business reported that Adele is very excited to open a special bottle of wine once her Vegas residency is over. The “Hello” singer has been off the sauce for over three months now in an effort to give her concert series, “Weekends With Adele,” her all.
During one of her most recent shows, Adele informed a member of the audience that she has a pricey little treat — a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape — stored away until the residency is over. She intends to break her booze fast and open the bottle to celebrate, and honestly? The singer has pretty good taste.
What is Châteauneuf-du-Pape?
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a type of wine from the Rhône Valley.
Since French wines are typically named after locations, not grapes, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a French Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée, in which the vines that go into its wines reside. The Châteauneuf-du-Pape region is known for rustic, yet friendly and powerful red wines.
The climate there is warm and rugged, with scrub and large stones littered amongst the vines called galets. The galets absorb the heat of the sun and keep the vines warm at night as the temperatures cool down.
Those who love wines from Paso Robles in California will probably appreciate a good Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Wines from Châteauneuf-du-Pape are typically composed of the red grapes Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre. Though white Châteauneuf-du-Pape exists, it is extremely rare – and hosts a hefty price tag due to that. White Châteauneuf-du-Pape is round, luscious and opulent, thus appealing to individuals who like fuller-bodied white wines, like Chardonnay.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is typically aged in concrete to keep it fruity and fresh.
As far as aromas and flavors for red Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Wine Folly cites aromas of red fruits, like plums and raspberries interlaced with leather and dust. All this is true, but the aroma Châteauneuf de Pape is most known for is what the French like to refer to as “garrigue.”
Garrigue is the smell of dried herbs, sagebrush and lavender. Some might consider garrigue to smell like going on a hike through a canyon in a warm, sunny place.
Châteauneuf-du-Papes are easy-drinking and very easy to fall in love with. Some of the top producers are Château de Beaucastel, Domaine de La Mordorée, and Domaine Grand Veneur.
Adele’s Break From Booze
In October, the Grammy-award-winning singer bemoaned how utterly boring sobriety was after enviously looking on as a fan enjoyed a whiskey sour.
“So enjoy your whiskey sour. I’m very, very jealous,” the singer quipped.
Like many people, Adele admitted that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, she drank a bit more wine than she was comfortable with.
“I remember when I came here in Covid, in lockdown, it was 11 a.m. and I was definitely like four bottles of wine in — like we all were,” the singer claimed. “I said in 2020 that I wanted to put my album out. And we were all just at home drunk basically.”
Fast forward three years later and the singer is entirely booze-free, though her album released in 2022, titled “30,” does include a song called “I Drink Wine.”
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