Wine in the movies: Raising a glass to the big screen

By Huon Hooke
Updated August 15 2015 - 10:23am, first published June 16 2015 - 12:00am
The consumption of Bollinger champagne in James Bond movies is famous example of product placement.
The consumption of Bollinger champagne in James Bond movies is famous example of product placement.
Filming a scene for the documentary 'Red Obsession'.
Filming a scene for the documentary 'Red Obsession'.
Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant check out the cellar in 'Notorious'.
Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant check out the cellar in 'Notorious'.
'Sideways' was great cinema and got the wine stuff right too. Photo: AP Photo
'Sideways' was great cinema and got the wine stuff right too. Photo: AP Photo
<i>Sideways</i> was great cinema and got the wine stuff right too. Photo: AP Photo
<i>Sideways</i> was great cinema and got the wine stuff right too. Photo: AP Photo

Wine is seldom a sufficiently interesting subject to devote an entire movie to it, and when it does happen, it's often a disaster. Witness the witless A Walk in the Clouds (1995), set in the Napa Valley, and Bottle Shock (2008), also about Californian wine.

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