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Your Pandemic Movie Watching Is About To Get a Little Tipsy

Forbes contributor Lana Bortolot has pivoted from a traditional wine column in favor of sharing some of her favorite wine-related movies to hunker down with during quarantine, and – of course – what to drink with each. Bortolot describes Bottle Shock, starring Alan Rickman and Chris Pine, as a “rom-com in the vineyards” that loosely chronicles the pivotal 1976 “Judgment of Paris” blind tasting that put California wines on the map. As the Chateau Montelena 1973 Chardonnay famously beat the European wines in the same category, it should come as no surprise that she suggests pairing this movie with the Chateau Montelena 2017 Chardonnay. Read the full write up and her other suggestions here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanabortolot/2020/03/27/your-pandemic-movie-watching-is-about-to-get-a-little-tipsy/#669802ee7680