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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. It stars Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, and Bill Pullman and is directed by Randall Miller, who wrote the screenplay along with Jody Savin and Ross Schwartz. [1]
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.
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 15, 2008 · ‘Bottle Shock’ is a little film based on the true story of what led up to the legendary Judgement of Paris, when California wine beat French wine in a blind taste test in 1976. Directed by Randall Miller, who also wrote the screenplay along with Jody Savin and Ross Schwartz, it premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in which some of ...
Based on a true story, Bottle Shock chronicles the events leading up to the famous 'Judgment of Paris' tastings, told through the lives of father and son, Jim and Bo Barrett. A former real estate attorney, Jim sacrificed everything to realize his dream of creating the perfect hand-crafted chardonnay.
Mar 22, 2009 · Bottle Shock. (Cert 12A) Philip French. Sat 21 Mar 2009 20.08 EDT. T his non-vintage-wine comedy somewhat fictionalises the true story of how in America's bicentennial year the Paris-based...
