The festive season is well and truly upon us! And with temperatures grazing the freezing mark, what better way to spend these cold, Christmassy nights than with a glass of wine, a pint of popcorn and a carefully selected wine-themed film chosen especially by us?
So, without further ado, it’s time to raise your glass and toast five guaranteed crowd pleasers where vino takes centre stage…
Scoring an impressive 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, Sideways is a very funny film about wine – and the love of wine. Based on a novel by the same name, this Oscar-loved comedy tells the tale of two friends, Jack and Miles, whose tour of the vineyards of Santa Barbara leads to misadventures, romances, and lots of good old-fashioned bromance.
“A film that not only demands to be sampled but to be gulped down and savored like the vintage draft that it is.”
Watch Sideways here.
Netflix original, Uncorked follows TN, an aspiring Master Sommelier from Memphis who faces a series of bumps in the road towards pursuing his lifelong dream. The story is loosely based on the life of DLynn Proctor, advanced Sommelier who has been in the industry for over two decades. (His journey to wine stardom also inspired the 2012 film SOMM).
“Uncorked pours an old, old wine into an unexpected new bottle, and while the results are hardly vintage, it still goes down better than two-buck chuck.”
Watch Uncorked here.