Bottle Shock=2nd best wine movie so far

Last week, I finally had the chance to sit down and watch the movie Bottle Shock. I never thought that any movie would ever be as good as, or even come close to being as good as my beloved Sideways. However, this movie, based on a true story, did not dissapoint, and even told a charming tale of humor, sadness, and victory. It takes place back in 1976, when wine and wine producing was just gaining its "legs" in the wine race in the United States, in particular, Napa Valley, California. Up until then, wine was strictly known as a French symbol and France itself was the only country known for producing decent wine. But this would all change. Steven Spurrier came to Napa Valley looking for a wine to bring to a blind taste testing in Paris. He stumbles across Jim Barrett, a man who owned a vineyard called Chateau Montelana. This man, along with his son Bo, had a passion and love for wine, that at the time, was probably not the smartest love to have, financially. Jim's Chateau was mortgaged to the hilt, as he tries to perfect a Chardonnay. As the story told, Jim was a divorced father, whose ex wife had married rich and left Jim to pursue his "hobby", as the new husband so snobbishly referred to it as. Anyways, all of Jim's hard work and trouble pays off when his 1973 Chardonnay, which was brought to the blind tasting, wins..against the French wines of all things! Of course, when the French tasters discover that they had picked an American wine to win, they are dismayed and a little outraged, but they're the ones that picked it! Jim goes on to sell a lot of wines after that, and the one bottle left of the 1973 Chateau Montelana Chardonnay is now kept in the Smithsonian. It is said that Jim is now 81 years of age and his son Bo runs the vineyard. This movie was a really uplifting and interesting tale, and I highly recommend it for wine lovers out there or anyone who really needs to see a good movie! I also plan on making it to Chateau Montelana very soon in life..I really need to start planning a Napa Valley excursion..who's with me??