Napa Valley - La grande annata

A nonvintage 'Bottle Shock'

Remember how silly it was that "Searching for Bobby Fischer" tried to make chess exciting by ratcheting up the sound effects as the players slammed their pieces down? Well, perhaps "Bottle Shock" could have used something as absurd to make wine tasting seem interesting. Set primarily in the Napa Valley of the 1970s, "Bottle Shock" tries to involve the viewer in the Miracle on Ice of the wine world, in which upstart California vintages faced off against dominant French varieties in a blind taste test. [...]

di Michael Ordoña, articolo completo (1258 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 6 agosto 2008