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And as Jim Barrett, the former L. The winery is going to make it after all. In the film, everything gets wrapped up in a beautiful bow. In real life, Bo Barrett went on to earn a degree in viticulture and in became the winemaker for Chateau Montelena.

And so one of the wineries that first alerted France to the quality of wines coming from California has now been bought up by the French on the strength of the euro against the dollar. It also was shown at Sundance Film Festival in January. Reached by phone, Elizabeth Fowler, who is producing the film with Clark Peterson, said the film has not been cast.

To see the brief article about the tasting that Taber wrote for Time magazine in , go to www. That "Lafayette, we are here" spin was more than welcome in , America's bicentennial year.

It is also true that the internationalization and democratization of the wine business that almost immediately followed was probably a nice breath of fresh air in what had been a tightly sealed cellar.

But still, the lack of authentic surprise and eccentricity in the story and its characters, the sense that everyone concerned with the picture possibly excepting Rickman, who projects an unwelcoming sullenness that may not be funny but is at least weirdly human is eagerly looking for the easy way out, is mildly dismaying.

I'm sure that by this time some reviewer has applied the word "Capraesque" to Bottle Shock. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Bottle Shock: Theatrical Trailer. Clip Bottle Shock. Photos Top cast Edit.

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