To mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Roger Moore’s second outing as James Bond, db looks at the Champagne, Bordeaux and Thai sparkling wine that 007 drinks during the film. Christmas is a time for friends and family, but also, more importantly, Bond films and the (moderate) consumption of alcohol. Released onto the silver screen in the UK on 20 December 1974, The Man With The Golden Gun saw Ian Fleming’s literary creation travel across the globe from Beirut to Bangkok in search of an assassin just as ruthless and suave as Bond himself, though with a bit more bling. In the run-up to the film’s pre-Christmas release, Moore starred in an advert for the British Milk Marketing Board with the slogan “Pick up a pinta – stay on top”. However, in the film itself Bond was fortifying himself for his ordeal with something a bit stronger than a glass of semi-skimmed. “Right away, Monsieur Scaramanga” In the pre-title sequence where we are introduced to Francisco Scaramanga, the eponymous man with the golden gun, his scheming servant and henchman Nick Nack carries a tray with a bottle of Guinness and a bottle of Moët & Chandon, perhaps suggesting that the villain has a fondness for Black Velvet cocktails, though he is later seen drinking the stout on its own, suggesting that the fizz is for his mistress, Andrea Anders. Perhaps the earliest indication of Nick Nack’s evil ways is that he vulgarly pops the Champagne bottle open, allowing
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