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At
dinner with Goldfiner, Bond has a 
Moselle**,
the Piesporter** Groldtropfchen 53 with shrimp curry and rice.
Later on in the dinner, Goldfinger opens a bottle of Mouton
Rothschild 1947 to accompany the roast duckling.
Goldfinger himself doesn't drink or smoke.
"As for drinking I am something of a chemist, and I have
yet to find a liquor that is free from traces of a number
of poisons, some of them deadly, such as fusel oil, acetic
acid, ethyl-acetate, acetaldehyde and furfurol"
"Since you're a drinker, Mr. Bond,
I will give you one word of advice, never drink so-called
Napoleon Brandy, particularly when it is described as 'aged
in the wood'. That particular potion contains more of the
poisons I have mentioned than any other liquor I have analysed.
Old bourbon comes next". If you're familiar with cockney
rhyming slang, you'll know what Napoleon Brandy is slang for.
"Thank you I'll remember. Perhaps for those reasons,
I have recently taken to vodka. they tell me its filtration
through activated charcoal is a help"
In the Hotel de la Gare Bond has an iced pint of
Rose d'Anjou** .
The Rose accompanies a large sole meuniere**
He has a Hennessy Three star cognace with his coffee.
In St. Laurent, after Bond wrecks Tilly
Masterton’s car, Bond tells her to get him sausage, bread
and butter, and a half litre of
Mâcon** with the cork pulled.
In Geneva @ the Bavaria, a modest Alsatian
Brasserie, Bond drinks Enzian**
washed down with Lowenbrau.
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Enzian is a type of schnapps produced
from the Gentian, an Alpine wildflower. Found in
many of Europe’s Alpine regions, it is usually
bottled at an alcohol strength of 16 to 18 percent.
Enzian is said to have some hallucinogenic after-effects.
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Moselle is one of the highest
quality wine regions in Germany. Mosel is
the German spelling.
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Piesporter is a tiny, but
very famous German wine making town. With
steep, rocky vineyards that overlook the Moselle
River, the Rieslings produced here are among
the world's best. The renowned Groldtropfchen
vineyard is located in this village.
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Rosé d’Anjou
is a wine produced in Anjou, which lies between
the region of Nantes, at the mouth of the
Loire River, and Tours. The semi-sweet rosé
wines are made from the Grolleau and Cabernet
Franc grapes.
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Meuniere is French for miller's
wife, referring to a style of cooking whereby
a food (usually fish) is seasoned, lightly
dusted with flour and sautéed simply
in butter).
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Mâcon (or the Mâconnaise)
sits between the Burgundy and Beaujolais regions,
and is known for turning out decent red and
white table wines.
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