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- For the Rapture brand, see Zimmermann Chardonnay (Rapture).
Advertising billboard.
- “Quality Fine Wine Since 1708”
- ― Advertisement[src]
Zimmermann Chardonnay is a popular brand of of white wine in Columbia, established in 1708 under King Ltd. and made in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The label implies that it was a long-established business in the United States before coming to Columbia.
BioShock Infinite[]
- Main article: BioShock Infinite
Zimmermann Chardonnay bottles are found throughout the city when Booker DeWitt traverse through Columbia in 1912. Along the bottles, billboards advertising the wine are seen in locations like Comstock Center Rooftops, the Good Time Club, as well as one that managed to fit in the secret Vox Populi weapons storeroom in The Fellow Traveller.
Bottles of the wine can be drunk by the player. Drinking it will restore Health, but drain Salts.
Gallery[]
A bottle of the wine.
Model render of the bottle.
An advertisement in the Good Time Club's bar.
A Zimmermann Chardonnay store seen in the Emporia Arcade map of Clash in the Clouds.
Behind the Scenes[]
- Zimmermann Chardonnay is a nod to longtime BioShock graphic designer Laura Zimmermann, who included this reference to herself in both BioShock's Challenge Rooms DLC and BioShock Infinite in the same form, with one version appearing in Rapture and the other in Columbia. Despite sharing the name and producing Chardonnay, the in-game brands are distinct within their respective universes. Notably, Zimmermann Chardonnay is the only brand to appear in both BioShock and BioShock Infinite as distinct versions, rather than as an asset reuse or a direct connection between the two worlds.
- Burial at Sea, the BioShock Infinite DLC which takes place in Rapture, reuses the bottle models from the main game.
- Zimmermann Chardonnay bottles is often seen as un-consumable set pieces in bars, paired with King Absinthe, another brand of King Ltd. These bottles can be destroyed, while the consumable version can not.