Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
This is a novel about creative partnership structured like repeated gameplay: exhilarating collaboration, accumulating consequences, failure and another attempt.
The varietal
Pinot Noir · Sta. Rita Hills, California, with cool-climate counterparts abroad
Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir is shaped by Pacific wind and fog yet ripens under Southern California sun; that tension fits a novel divided between emotional reserve and the bright, intensely productive Los Angeles years better than plush Sonoma Pinot or more ceremonious red Burgundy.
Ask for High-acid, cool-climate Pinot Noir—think Pfalz Spätburgunder or coastal California Pinot Noir.
Pinot Noir begins with accessible red fruit but exposes earth, bitterness and structural tension underneath, matching a friendship whose playful surface gradually reveals competition, injury and grief.
Accessible
~$16
Villa Wolf Pinot Noir
Pfalz · Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) · 2022–2023
Bright cherry and raspberry lead into tea leaf, damp earth and a lightly bitter, refreshing finish.
Period alignment
Ernst Loosen began reviving the historic Villa Wolf estate in 1996, precisely the mid-1990s moment when Sam and Sadie turn private play into a professional game-making venture.
Refined
~$30
Au Bon Climat Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir
Santa Barbara County · Pinot Noir · 2022–2023
Cranberry, sour cherry, dried herbs and subtle oak remain distinct within a graceful, savory frame.
Metaphor
Its fruit, acidity, oak and earth stay individually legible while functioning as one composition, mirroring a collaboration in which Sam’s design, Sadie’s programming and Marx’s stewardship never fully dissolve into the collective work.
Prestige
~$100
Domaine de la Côte Bloom’s Field Pinot Noir
Sta. Rita Hills · Pinot Noir · 2021–2022
Wild strawberry and rose give way to iron, sea spray, forest floor and a taut mineral finish.
Terroir mirror
Bloom’s Field sits on an exposed Pacific-facing slope where wind slows ripening and forces the vines to struggle, grounding the novel’s sunny California act in the same cold pressure and resistance carried by its characters.
P.S. If your wine shop doesn't have these specific wines, just ask them for a High-acid, cool-climate Pinot Noir—think Pfalz Spätburgunder or coastal California Pinot Noir..
- Temperature
- 55–58°F
- Glass
- A large Burgundy bowl with a tapered rim
- Decant
- Serve Villa Wolf directly; give Au Bon Climat 20 minutes and Bloom’s Field 45–60 minutes in a decanter.
- Alongside
- Mushroom pizza during a long evening of cooperative games—the earthy topping suits Pinot Noir, while the format keeps everyone sharing the same board and table.