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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]
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".
- (18K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Randall Miller
- 2008-09-05
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.
- Randall Miller
Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use for a blind taste test in the French capital. Stumbling upon the Napa Valley, the stuck-up Englishman is shocked to discover a winery turning out top-notch chardonnay.
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In 1976, Napa Valley wines have not yet earned respect. Jim's son Bo does not seem very ambitious, although the father and son do enjoy boxing. In Paris, Maurice, who sounds American, tells Steven Spurrier his wine shop needs more variety. Too many of the wines are French.
