This week Amy Poehler's Wine Country comes to Netflix streaming. It's based on a girls' trip Amy went on a few years ago. So a bunch of middle-age women come to Napa Valley, get drunk, and get into many "situations."
If you remember the bigger movie Sideways from a few years that almost killed off Merlot and help propel Pinot Noir sales then you might wonder what this one will do to Napa. Sure, it'll increase awareness and add to visitation. If the movie spends too much time on drunken depravity then people might think, "Hey we don't have to go to Vegas to get drunk and in trouble, we can go to Napa!" That's where the "oh oh" comes in. No tasting room, restaurant, or hotel in Napa, Sonoma, or anywhere else wants people to come for the alcohol. They want them for their love, or at least curiosity, of wine.
Wine Country movie trailer
5/11 Edit: Not to worry. Watched the movie and OMG it was worse than a 20 year old corked Chardonnay that was left out in the sun.
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