Bottle Shock (2008) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	August 6, 2008 (Limited)
On DVD:	February 3, 2009
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Randall M. Miller
Writer:	Jody Savin, Randall M. Miller, Ross Schwartz
Cast:	Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodriguez, Dennis Farina, Eliza Dushku, Bradley Whitford, Miguel Sandoval
Studio:	Freestyle Releasing
Official site:	bottleshockthemovie.com
Running Time:	112 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexual content and a scene of drug use

Based on a true story, "Bottle Shock" chronicles the events leading up to the famous Paris Tastings of 1976, wherein Napa wines bested the exalted French wines in a blind tasting and put California wines on the map for good. The story is told through the lives of father and son, Jim (Pullman) and Bo Barrett (Pine), who founded Chateau Montelena in the early 1970s and whose Chardonnay went on to win what was eventually...

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