The Handmaid’s Tale
While the official wines commemorating the misogynist dystopian series The Handmaid’s Tale are no longer available—and if fact, stopped being available about 30 minutes after they were first announced, because of the (very justified) outcry their existence provoked—they’re worth being dishonorably mentioned because, I mean, come on. If you’re wondering who thought this was a good idea, that would be Lot18 (and Hulu, of course), who proudly described wine based on the main character as “Offred must rely on the one weapon she has left to stay in control—her feminine wiles. This French Pinot Noir is similarly seductive, its dark berry fruit and cassis aromatics so beguiling it seems almost forbidden to taste. But it’s useless to resist the wine’s smooth and appealingly earthy profile, so you may as well give in” as if it was somehow OK. It wasn’t!
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