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Taste (Bleepin’) Merlot on the 10th Anniversary of ‘Sideways’
Hard to believe, but it has been 10 years since the movie Sideways turned the wine industry on its ear, briefly derailing sales of Merlot and provoking widespread planting of Pinot Noir vines. As fans...
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A Decade After ‘Sideways,’ Merlot Survives and Thrives
“If anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am not drinking any (bleeping) Merlot!” When movie-goers heard Paul Giamatti’s Miles make that proclamation in the movie “Sideways,” and in another scene heard...
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10 Great Wine Moments from the Movies
I was thinking about putting together a list of the 10 best wine movies ever. But just about anybody could do that, especially considering there have been only a couple dozen films that actually were...
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So Many Reasons to Love Merlot (Sorry, Miles)
I like to have music playing in the background when I write — mostly instrumental, because you don’t want someone else’s words cluttering up your brain when you’re trying to write words of your own....
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