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Bill Pullman plays Jim Barrett, a down on his luck wine maker working to perfect his chardonnay. After a run in with a French sommelier looking to coordinator a blind wine tasting, Jim and his son Bo, played by Chris Pine, get wrapped up in what has become known as “Judgment of Paris”.
Jan 28, 2008 · But “Bottle Shock,” which had its world premiere at Sundance, enshrines an irresistible story that happens to be (mainly) true. It takes place in 1976, the year of the American Bicentennial ...
For centuries, France believed they made the finest wines in the world. In 1976 a blind tasting of French and Californian wines was held with French judge's ruling the unthinkable: the U.S. wines were the best. The decision sent shock waves through the industry and changed the way the world drank wine forever. In 1976, British wine merchant, Steven Spurrier, hoped to revive his flagging ...
Palatable, fact-based tale of the arrival of California wines on the world stage in the 1970s, and the struggling Napa Valley vintner and British connoisseur in Paris who made it happen ...
Dec 27, 2022 · The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of ...
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Sep 17, 2019 · And while it romanticizes reality, it makes for a delightfully charming film for wine enthusiasts. Pair it with "Sideways" for the two ends of California wine tasting: "Bottle Shock" tells the story of California's emergence onto the world wine stage, and "Sideways" shows modern California wine culture (albeit in Santa Barbara wine country vs ...
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Bottle Shock. The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "judgment of Paris." 3,056 IMDb 6.8 1 h 48 min 2008. PG-13.
