The gang at Star Trek Wines is back for 2022 with not one or two, but FOUR new Star Trek bottles which just beamed down to the Las Vegas Star Trek convention! We were invited to get a sneak peak at the new products before they went on display to the 56-Year Mission Convention this week.
(You’ll see their Romulan Ale bottle in some of these photos which was first showcased at Mission Chicago in April; that is expected to go up for order sometime in 2023.)
First up are the two editions of their Risian Wine we first told you about back in March — based upon the two different versions of the triangular bottle seen in Star Trek: Enterprise (“Two Days and Two Nights,” with orange labelling) and in Star Trek: Picard (“The Star Gazer,” with blue labeling).
The Star Trek Wines team had to recreate the unique triangular shape of the Enterprise-style bottle for their glass production, and was able to scan the set-used Picard-style bottle. They worked with the Star Trek production team to acquire the graphics used in each bottles’ labeling.
In the orange Enterprise-style bottle is “Risian Rosé,” and the blue Picard-style bottle is “Risian White Wine,” which has “a natural color [that] offers vivid flavors of pink grapefruit with white peach, together with welcome notes of lemon zest and citrus blossom.”
The a two-pack of the Risian bottles will run for $110, and can be preordered today for an anticipated December delivery.
The next big release is the metal-label 2401 Chateau Picard wine bottle seen in “The Star Gazer,” which opened Star Trek: Picard Season 2. In addition to the metal plaque label adhered to the front of the wine bottle, the Star Trek Wines team crafted a silicone rubber “wax dip” which fits around the top of the bottle.
This removable, flexible topper was designed from laser-scanned measurements of the set-used bottle, allowing fans to remove and return the “wax” to the bottle after opening, if so desired.
As Star Trek Wines puts it:
An exact replica of the show prop, the metal label has the family mark, “Chateau Picard”, the varietal and 2401 vintage stamped into the metal. The chateau and vineyard are etched in, just like the bottle Picard holds in his hand. The silicone topper has been vulcanized to remove any impurities and rubber odor. The topper features a removable and reusable silicone topper stamped with “Ven Denge Au Chateau Sol III”
We digitally scanned each element of the show prop, to make this is a true show prop replica. This limited edition bottle was a collaboration between the team at Star Trek: Picard (who designed the bottle) and the 5th generation winemakers at the real Chateau Picard in the Saint-Estèphe region in France. This world-class and highly regarded Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux was imported from the actual Chateau Picard in France.
The new 2401-vintage Chateau Picard wine is available for preorder now at $70/bottle, and is expected to ship to collectors in December.
Finally, a bit of a surprise — a version of the Chateau Picard wine based not on Star Trek: Picard, but upon a prop used in the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds instead!
Used on set during Captain Pike’s dinner party in “Children of the Comet,” the good Enterprise captain actually served a 2221 vintage of Chateau Picard’s wine to his crew… though the bottle labels were never seen directly on screen, appearing only out-of-focus in background shots.
The team at Star Trek Wines still wanted to bring this Chateau Picard vintage to fans, so after obtaining prop photographs and necessary reference material from the Paramount+ team, they crafted a similar bottle label for their planned product — with a few necessary modifications to meet real France wine laws (as the wine itself is sourced from the real Chateau Picard).
As Star Trek Wines puts it:
Like it’s predecessor, the 2221 Chateau Picard vintage was also put together by the actual Chateau Picard from an estate in the heart of the world-renowned Saint-Estèphe region in France. This elegant Cru Bourgeois Bordeaux is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Merlot blend.
This bottle was another amazing collaboration between the team at Star Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (who created the label) and the 5th generation winemakers at the real Chateau Picard in France creating our second in a series of Chateau Picard offering.
The new 2401-vintage Chateau Picard wine is available for preorder now, though currently only in combination with other bottles like the Chateau Picard three-pack — though we expect that may change in the days ahead.
Like the other new Star Trek Wines releases, it’s expected to arrive in December.
If you’re at the 56-Year Mission Convention in Las Vegas this week, the Star Trek Wines team will be hosting a tasting on Friday, August 26; they’ll also be hosting a tasting of their Romulan Ale, a vodka product, during an event on Saturday night.
