State Dinner Wine (Ceremonial Service)

A nondescript 750ml glass wine bottle with a foil-wrapped neck and an intentionally blurred label. It rests unopened among place settings or on a sideboard near the press area, its dark liquid implied rather than sampled. Staff gesture toward it and reference it as part of the State Dinner provisions; characters do not handle it in the beat as crises pull attention away from ceremonial serving.

2 appearances

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2 moments

S1E7 · The State Dinner

Ceremonial Optics Collide with Emergencies

Referenced in passing during the briefing as part of state dinner service (wine for the fish course), serving as a small, almost absurd detail that underscores the triviality of earlier concerns.

Before: Unopened, staged among state dinner provisions at the event planning area (implied).

After: Unchanged physically, but narratively downgraded in importance as crises take precedence.

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S1E7 · The State Dinner

Three Crises, One State Dinner

The State Dinner wine functions as an offhanded ceremonial detail (Mirabella asked about wine with the fish course), invoked to underscore the absurdity of focusing on menu pairings while national emergencies accelerate.

Before: Reserved for the state dinner; unopened, placed among event provisions.

After: Left as a background ceremonial detail as operational realities overtake hosting concerns.

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