| Versatile. Splendid. Classy. Comical. Ghastly. Alluring. | | | | about his nuptials. Miles, on the other hand, tries to |
| Wines play a significant role in movies. They are cast | | | | make his friend reconsider the whole matter but then |
| with either good-guy or bad-guy roles. Take for | | | | falls to the clutches of an attractive wine-savvy |
| instance movies like James Bond, Casablanca, the | | | | waitress. |
| Silence of the Lambs and Interview with the | | | | The character of the two friends is also portrayed in |
| Vampire. Wines exacerbate the polarity in the | | | | the type of wine they like. Miles adores Pinot Noir |
| characters and mood. Champagnes and sparkling | | | | while Jack wants Merlot. Pinor Noir is complex and |
| whites are for the dazing protagonist, while deep | | | | remarkably thrilling. Merlot, on the other hand, is soft, |
| reds are for the villains. | | | | fleshy and exciting. There is also a thing called |
| In the classic movie Casablanca (1942), Humphrey | | | | "Sideways effect" in the wine industry. After the |
| Borgart and Ingrid Bergman enjoyed a bottle of | | | | airing of the movie, there has been a significant rise in |
| champagne to dispel their thoughts of the gruesome | | | | the sale of pinot noir in United States, Australia, New |
| war. Wines have been constantly discussed and | | | | Zealand and Asia. Merlot sales dropped by 2% in |
| featured in James Bond movies. The debonair spy is | | | | comparison to Pinot Noir, this can be attributed to |
| also one of the few heroes to make wine | | | | the disparaging remarks made by Miles about the |
| connoisseurship something thoroughly masculine. Mr. | | | | wine in the film. |
| Bond himself is partial to a Bollinger Grande | | | | With due justice to the film and the wine, Sideways |
| Année. | | | | garnered a number of awards. Time Out London |
| Maybe because of its resemblance to blood, | | | | even remarked that the film was "intelligent, funny |
| full-bodied reds are often used in horror movies. One | | | | and moving". The movie was nominated for various |
| of the most unforgettable scenes in the Interview | | | | awards and was even coined as the "best reviewed |
| with the Vampire, Tom Cruise wrings the blood of a | | | | film of 2004". Paul Giamatti (Miles) was even named |
| rat into a wine glass to offer to Brad Pitt. I also | | | | as "The World's Best Character Actor" by the Time |
| experienced long sleepless nights with the Silence of | | | | Magazine. |
| the Lambs (1991). Consequently, many wine lovers | | | | Other films that feature wine include: Disclosure |
| avoided Chianti for some time after seeing Hannibal | | | | (1994) starring Demi Moore and Michael Douglas, with |
| Lecter pairing the Tuscani wine with human liver. | | | | the former using 1991 Pahlmeyer Chandonnay to |
| In 2004, a film was made entirely for wine. Sideways | | | | seduce her new manager; The Godfather (1972) with |
| features a comedic exploration of two friends to the | | | | wine as part of the family dinners of Ford Coppola; |
| pitfalls of love, dreams and wine. It starts off when | | | | The Parent Trap (1998) featuring the young Lindsay |
| Miles (Paul Giamatti), a wine-lover and frustrated | | | | Lohan living at Napa's Staglin Family Vineyards; the |
| novelist, decides to take his old college buddy Jack ( | | | | bewildering and accidentally comical A Walk in the |
| Thomas Haden Church) into a trip to the vineyards | | | | Clouds with the film revolving around the love story |
| of Santa Barbara wine country a few day's before | | | | between Keanu Reeves and Aitana (Victoria Aragon) |
| Jack's wedding. The plot thickens as Jack falls in love | | | | a daughter of a California vineyard owner. |
| with the local wine pourer, thus changing his mind | | | | |