from pastemagazine.com

Well, it is happening again.

Twin Peaks Season 3 kicked off on Showtime last night, and one thing is clear: Special Agent Dale Cooper’s been drinking something besides black coffee. The first two paired episodes were a sprawl of Lynchian obsessions, metaphors, references and symbolism, and unlike the first two seasons, it did not stay confined to the Eastern Washington sawmill town that contained the original episodes. See our review of the episode here.

I’ll be honest: I didn’t know what was going to happen so the beverage my friend and I uncorked was a Charles Heidesieck Brut, because after 27 years it seemed like a celebration was in order. But I have been challenged with preparing a Twin Peaks Episodic Wine Tasting, and now that I’ve seen the first, um, course-here goes nothin’.