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Feb 21, 2024 · As with any movie based on a true story, you might be wondering what was fact and what was fiction, so we’re here to share. FACT: Playfully portrayed by Chris Pine, Bo Barrett, the son of Chateau Montelena’s winemaker Jim Barrett, is an unruly California surfer dude who frustrated his father due to his low ambition.
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Bottle Shock is a 2008 American comedy-drama film based on the 1976 wine competition termed the "Judgment of Paris", when California wine defeated French wine in a blind taste test.
Sep 5, 2008 · Bottle Shock: Directed by Randall Miller. With Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Dennis Farina. 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".
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- Comedy, Drama
- Randall Miller
- 2008-09-05
Aug 4, 2008 · “Bottle Shock” is a charming fictionalized version of the victory, “based,” as they love to say, “on a true story.” Shot in California like "Sideways" but set much closer to the earth, it tells the story of a struggling vineyard named Chateau Montelena, deeply in debt with three bank loans.
Apr 22, 2021 · The concept of bottle shock is real, but it doesn’t refer to discoloration or brown wine as portrayed in the movie. Bottle shock refers to a state where the flavors of wine are temporarily altered. It happens most often immediately after the wine gets put into bottle, when it’s most fragile.
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Jan 28, 2008 · "Bottle Shock" enshrines an irresistible story that happens to be (mainly) true. By Stephen Farber. January 28, 2008 8:00pm. Sundance Film Festival. PARK CITY — When a film opens with the...
Aug 8, 2008 · Bottle Shock. is Hard to Swallow. This much of the story is true: In 1976, an English wine merchant named Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), operating out of a small shop in Paris, is consistently...
