Bottle Shock and wine snobbery ....

Can't wait to watch YOU DON'T MESS WITH ZOHAN with friends tomorrow, so with nothing better to do today, i wobbled down to Pacific Place AMC to buy tomorrow's tix ...

Getting to the cinema (my favorite in HK at present btw), i noticed a little indy film called BOTTLE SHOCK with limited showings this week, starring Alan Rickman (classy and brilliant comedic character actor), Bill Pullman and Dennis Farina - and then it struck me, when I remembered reading about it on IMDB previews a while back and saying to myself at the time, I'd really want watch it when it's out - but being such non-mainstream niche flick, it will never hit the cinema screens in HK (so, just wait for the DVD) -- haha ---so, my spontaneity of the day ..... Fat Pat watches 3.50pm show of BOTTLE SHOCK

BOTTLE SHOCK is a charmimg movie, based on the true underdog's story of the Chateau Montalena vinyard in California and the happenings behind the breakthrough of "New World" wines onto the snobbish centuries-established French dominated wine industry in the mid-70's ......  as expected Rickman is brilliant!

www.bottleshockthemovie.com

Wine-lovers will love it ....... just as delightful and funny as Sideways ... i think i actually enjoyed it more!

Gotta admit, I was myself guilty of being an utter wine snob too, until about 10 years ago and did truly believe that the best Clarets only came from Bordeaux and the best Chardonnays only from Burgundy ...... I was so very wrong!  .... these days I mostly consume stuff from the US, Oz or South America only .... how about u guys?