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Skywalker Ranch Wines
Gates82 writes "The creative force of George Lucas is at it again. Producing his own wine. "I would love to see them plant another 5 to 10 acres. There must be spots on that ranch to make some really interesting wines."" Wonder if there's any spots on that ranch left that can make a good Star Wars movie?
This would have been news if Lucas was doing a few hundred acres and bottling himself, Jar Jar Brut, Tattoine Port, Darth Zinfandel or something connected to the films, but as it is it's no more relevant than to American Graffitti or THX-1128
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For those of you who are wondering why Indiana Jones 4 is being delayed, check this link out:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17037
Basically the script is done and Spielberg is ready, but Lucas wants to dip his hand in the script and mess around. Just like the Special Editions, can't leave anything alone, always gotte keep tinkering with it...
Some really good chardonnays come from the S part of Sonoma and Napa that is right on the border between the Bay Area's cool climate and the really hot parts of Napa and Sonoma - the place where Domain Chandon has their huge tourist trap comes to mind.
What prevents more wine growing in W Marin is that land is even more ridiculously expensive there than in Napa - it's really fairly well within the Bay Area suburban fringe. Most think of Marin as rural but is it really suburbs all the way to the coast. (Marin does have the highest per-capita Hummer sales in the 9 county Bay Area)
Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
Coppola's merlot's include a significant number of grapes bought from other wineries. In fact there is so much moving around of grapes in the California wine industry that it is hard to pinpoint a singe taste or style for a geographic region. Quality of wines in this day and age is more dependent on the technology used after harvest rather than the grapes going into the harvest. BTW, if the Skywalker wines become popular look for them to begin buying grapes as well, after all they are selling a brand image more than a great tasting wine, and its cheaper to buy than produce good grapes.
Coppola has a pretty big vineyard. Actually, I'm kind of partial to their wines.
Pretty good stuff.
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
Yeah, that's what I thought too until I actually tried one of Coppola's wines..
That sounds flamish, but it's really true. I've got a couple of bottles at home in my basement. They can also be reliably found at Trader Joe's (aka "Home of the Two-Buck Chuck") for a very good price. I don't think Coppola's price-point is out of line for the quality.
I have something in common with Stephen Hawking...
The Bordeaux 2000 vintage is acutally one of the top vintages in the last 50 years (if you believe the critics) and is being compared to the '82 and '61 vintages in regards to quality and longevity.
Overall, Bordeaux 2000 will probably be better only because the breadth of wines that will be very good (a rising tide lifts all boats). I haven't had a chance to try many of them, but what I've tasted has been very good. Of course, many consider wine drinkers to be pretentious in their use of language and rabid critiquing, but I think you'll find that common in any facet of life that people are intensely interested in or receive income from. Francis Coppola makes very good wines, from his sub-$10 Rosso to his flagship Rubicon, so Spielberg is, at the least, in good company.
Here's Wine Spectator's look at Bordeaux 2000
Interesting... Frank Herbert also produced his own wines.
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His vineyards have belonged to his family for generations. In order to finish Apcolypse Now he had to use the vineyards as collateral for his loans. If AN flopped the vineyards would have been the bank's and Coppola would have been screwed.
AN Redux was the movie Coppola wanted to make but he was too afraid he wouldn't make enough money with that version so the "orignal" version was released instead.
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