Produced and directed by Frank Lloyd, a specialist in swashbuckling adventure, 1924’s The Sea Hawk starred Milton Sills and remains, almost a century later, a reference point for seafaring movies. Itself a European transplant—and something of an unsung hero—Pinot Blanc is well cast in offering homage to Lloyd and his enduring classic.

Pinot Blanc is the white sister of Pinot Noir. Though best known in France’s Alsace region, this rare white grape variety thrives in the United States, particularly on Long Island and in California. The Golden State’s warm, sunny climate ripens the grapes beautifully and helps them develop delicious flavor complexity. If you haven’t tasted a Pinot Blanc yet, you’re in for a real treat here…

Fresh from the 2020 vintage, this elegant exclusive offers expressive white blossom, pear and apple aromas and flavors. It’s dry and vibrant, with a lovely floral lift on the long, perfumed finish. As the name implies, it’ll be tasty with seafood, as well as summer salads or grilled chicken.

A must-have for your next swashbuckling adventure.

At the instigation of his half brother Lionel, Oliver Tressilian, a wealthy baronet, is shanghaied and blamed for the death of Peter Godolphin, brother of Oliver's fiancée, whom Lionel actually has slain. At sea Oliver is captured by Spaniards and made a galley slave, but when he escapes to the Moors he becomes Sakr-el-Bahr, the scourge of Christendom. Learning of Rosamund's marriage to his half brother, he kidnaps both of them, but to avoid sending her to the Basha of Algiers he surrenders to a British ship. Rosamund intercedes to save his life, and following the sacrificial death of Lionel they are married.