start to rap." Richard Castle, the lead character on the TV drama Castle, mentions Châteauneuf-du-Pape on several occasions as a wine he drinks or gives as a gift. In Sorry, Bro, a fourth-season episode of How I Met Your Mother, Ted's high school girlfriend Karen informs the waiter that the Châteauneuf-du-Pape has been mistakenly listed as a Provence wine. In the comedy Frasier, Frasier Crane frequently orders Châteauneuf-du-Pape at French restaurants, including at Le Cigare Volante, a regularly visited restaurant named after Châteauneuf-du-Pape's "flying cigar" legend. In Cheers, Frasier Crane mentions Châteauneuf-du-Pape as he waxes poetically to Sam Malone during the season 7 episode “Please Mr. Postman”. In The M*A*S*H Olympics, a sixth-season episode of the television comedy MASH, Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce and Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt threaten to wash their dirty socks in Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester's Châteauneuf-du-Pape if he does not help them finish the calisthenics ordered by Col. Sherman Potter. In "Out of Gas", a seventh-season episode of the television comedy MASH, Major Charles Emerson Winchester attempts to trade a case of Châteauneuf-du-Pape for sodium pentothal. In The Magician King by Lev Grossman, the members of the Murs safe house celebrate Julia's 250th magic level with a special dinner and a bottle of expensive Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In Only Fools and Horses, the character Del Boy incorrectly uses the phrase Châteauneuf-du-Pape reserved for an explosive situation In American Horror Story Hotel, the character Iris, played by Kathy Bates, use a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape Grenache Blanc to top off the nutrition blend for the two Swedish woman. In the 1971 spaghetti western Trinity Is Still My Name, Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill are treated to a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape when indulging in an eating orgy at a fine French restaurant. In Good Omens, Crowley and Azriaphale drink Châteauneuf-du-Pape at the bookshop together. In A Gentleman in Moscow'' by Amor Towles, the Soviets remove the labels from all red wines because they should be equal. Towles' hero, Count Rostov, goes to the hotel cellar where all the wine is kept and identifies the Chateauneuf-du-Pape by feeling for the embossed papal insignia, and reserves them for himself. In the Apple TV+ show Servant Season 1 Episode 8, the character Julian, played by Rupert Grint, exclaims, "He opened the Neuf-du-Pape. I can smell it." References External links Site des Vins d'AOC Côtes du Rhône Chateauneuf.com Main website of boutique shop