Chateau Picard (wine)

Chateau Picard was an estate Bordeaux produced by the Picard family at their vineyard, Château Picard, in La Barre, France. (; )
In 2256, Captain Philippa Georgiou had a bottle of 2249 Chateau Picard on display in her ready room on the . ()
In 2259, Captains Marie Batel and Christopher Pike drank glasses of 2221 Chateau Picard Bourgogne. ()
In 2267, Chateau Picard was recognized as a grand cru, French for "great growth", vineyard by the Appellation La Barre Contrôlée. ()
Jean-Luc Picard invited the senior officers of the to share an emotional drink of Chateau Picard together after Data sacrificed himself to save the Enterprise and his friends in 2379. ()
In the 2380s, a bottle of Chateau Picard was used to christen the launch of the . ()
Kerner Hauze had two crates of Bourgogne Chateau Picard in his collection at the time of his death in 2381, including one case of 2286. ()
In 2399, Picard brought a bottle of '86 Chateau Picard to Raffi Musiker as a peace offering before asking for her help. Later, he took a bottle of Chateau Picard and a baguette when embarking on La Sirena ()
In 2401, Picard gave Captain Liam Shaw a bottle of Chateau Picard as a gift when he and Captain William T. Riker came aboard the for an "inspection", but he dismissed it by stating that he was more of a Malbec man. () It was later revealed that Picard gifts a bottle to Worf every year, but he claims that it tasted like "sour mead". () To prove his identity, Commodore Geordi La Forge asked Picard what he gifted him for his anniversary dinner in 2395. Picard responded that it was a Chateau Picard Bordeaux and that La Forge thought it was "dry", calling his taste in wine "pedestrian" at best. ()
In 3191, a bottle of Chateau Picard was one of the historical objects on display in Kovich's office. ()
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=== Background information ===
By coincidence or not, Chateau Picard is a real wine label, although it is made in Saint Estèphe.
The bottle of Chateau Picard is seen in the DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Secrets of Quark's Bar" presented by Penny Juday, although the prop was not used in but in Star Trek: Nemesis.
The label seen on the bottle in Star Trek: Nemesis was designed by Monica Fedrick. 
Two Chateau Picard wine bottles were sold as Lot #27 in the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction. The winner paid US$6,600, even though the pre-sale estimate was $500 to $700. After the sale, the auctioneer remarked "That's probably a record for empty wine bottles." 
Bo Yeon Kim tweeted a detailed photo of Georgiou's "prized bottle" of the wine. The label for which was designed by Andy Tsang. 
A deleted scene from showed Picard sharing a quiet drink of the wine with Data after Riker's wedding.
In 2019, Wines That Rock partnered with the real Chateau Picard winery to release a limited-edition Cru Bordeaux labeled in the style of the fictional Chateau Picard wines, as seen in . Though the wine is actually a 2017 vintage (as printed on the cork), the label indicates it to be the 2386 vintage – the same vintage seen in Picard and requested by Raffi Musiker in . 
=== Apocrypha ===
Chateau Picard is mentioned in the novel The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume Two as being the wine of choice of Jeff in 1996.
The novel reveals that Chateau Picard's winemaking business was run by Robert's wife Marie while Robert tended to the grapes. In 2380, Picard sampled a 2372 vintage – the first batch produced by Marie following the death of Robert in 2371, and was disappointed by the result.
In the novel Collateral Damage, it is mentioned that Chateau Picard was moved from its original home in Saint-Estèphe to La Barre in the years following World War III. This was due to the climatic shifts in France in the 21st century during and following the war and the fact that La Barre's climate became more favorable for making wine. The novel also mentioned that Picard noted how the quality of the wine had greatly improved in the years since the fire. 
The 2012 novel The Assassination Game, set in the alternate reality, mentions a bottle of Chateau Picard being served by to and his date . Upon reading the label, Kirk remarks, "Chateau Picard. Never heard of it."
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