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Bottle Shock (2008)
description written by member Zara:
France's position as the world's top wine producer was unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines permanently on the map. Director Randall Miller's film chronicles the heady early days of Napa Valley's rocket to success. Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Eliza Dushku, Bill Pullman and Freddy Rodriguez star in this tale of dreamers who dared to challenge the establishment.
| Release Date: | August 6th, 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running Time: | 110 minutes |
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Bottle Shock Movie Review by Zara  (2/14/2009) |
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I think that I might have enjoyed this movie a little bit more than the average viewer in the fact that I'm a Californian who doesn't live all that far away from our local wine producers. (Santa Barbara wineries are closest to me, but the ones depicted in the film are a part of the wine tasting snob tours that the wine...
(complete Bottle Shock review by Zara)
| Bottle Shock Movie Review by Greg (8/14/2008) |
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I think Jarrod and I saw saw a different movie. The one I saw was charming and entertaining. The movie is about how the Judgement of Paris changed the way the world viewed california wines, and for that matter, allowed wines from regions around the world to flourish. But at it's core, the movie is about a father and son...
(complete Bottle Shock review by Greg)
| Bottle Shock Movie Review by Jarrod (8/12/2008) |
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'Bottle Shock' is based on the true story of how California beat France in a 1976 wine-tasting contest known as the Judgment of Paris. It put Napa Valley on the map and made it a popular destination for wine enthusiasts, and also established California as one of the world's leading wine producers, though I have to say...
(complete Bottle Shock review by Jarrod)
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