Sunday, August 4, 2024

Wine Guide 1990

an outtake of Shelley's promo pic
used on the VHS box cover
of Celebrity Guide to Wine, 1990

Shelley was among the celebrities who participated in the hour-long celebrity special released in 1990, Celebrity Guide to Wine. Spago restaurant maƮtre d' Bernard Erpicum hosted the special and many celebrities/stars of the era participated in the educational video. Celebrity Guide to Wine was a fun and practical guide to everything about wine. It answered questions many people had regarding the drinking and serving of wine, as well as debunked some of the myths and the rules on the subject. Aside from Shelley, Dudley Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Herbie Hancock, Kelly Le Brock, Robert Loggia, Steven Seagal, and Peter Weller joined in on the fun as well. Norm Lenzer was the narrator. It was released in VHS format.

Celebrity Guide to Wine (1990)
was released in VHS format

In the informative video, Shelley brought humor to the many apprehensions people had and have about drinking and serving wine. She poked humor at the serving red wine with ice, at the serving certain wines with certain foods, at the drinking of wine with one's favorite foods, at how wine should be opened and stored. But, as the video concluded, Bernard Erpicum appeared and stated that it ultimately came to one's preference. If viewers wanted to throw out all the "rules" regarding the drinking and the serving of wine, they should just go ahead and do that. He said that it is the enjoyment of consuming wine in the way one prefers that is more important.

an outtake of Shelley's promo pic
used on the VHS box  cover
of Celebrity Guide to Wine, 1990