Victor is enamored with a colorful new apocalypse anime, Zom 100: the Bucket List of the Undead while Victor tries to find the golden hour for his Tablas Creek Roussanne.

Victor is anticipating the next epic RPG from Bethesda Softworks, Starfield and needs some sippies to go with it. Meanwhile Victor wants a relaxing and romantic slice-of-life to go with his 2018 Valdiguie from Joseph Swan.

Victor wants something to drink during T-Sway's billion dollar stadium tour while Victor just wants to watch Japanese cartoons with his pink sake beverage.

Back again for episode 2 and we're pulling out some big guns. Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gets paired up with not one, not two, but 12 bottles of Rieslings! Then Recas Castle storms the castle with a popular Metroidvania roguelite!

Links to German Wine history mentioned

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/09/05/feature/how-german-wine-found-its-sweet-spot/

https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/25/garden/the-wine-regions-germany-where-riesling-is-king-experiments-and-trouble-reign.html

It is the very first episode of our Wine and Video Game pairing show! That's right, you're listening to Corks and Controllers!

This foray is a bit rough but we welcome all feedback through our social channels so please have at it!

As for the show, we're pairing Final Fantasy 16 with a particular honey-based wine and 2021 William Selyem Drake Estate Pinot Noir with a rogue-lite platformer