“Quaffable, but far from transcendent.” “You don’t understand my plight.” And, of course: “I am not drinking any [expletive] Merlot!” The 2004 film “Sideways” showed us the fundamentals of wine ...

Broadway‘s Kathleen Marshall has signed on as director and choreographer for the in-development Sideways: The Musical, a stage adaptation of the novel previously adapted for the 2004 Alexander Payne ...

The 2004 film celebrated the milestone by raising $100,000 for Direct Relief International at the ranch of Jim Clendenen, the Au Bon Climat winemaker whose Pinot Noir was featured in the film. By ...

On Oct. 22, 2004, Fox Searchlight unveiled the comedy in theaters, where it would go on to gross $109 million globally. By Kirk Honeycutt On Oct. 22, 2004, Fox Searchlight unveiled Sideways in ...

I have an interesting relationship with Alexander Payne's 2004 film "Sideways," which I recently screened for my LifeQuest class. A few years before the movie came out, my wife Karen and I took a wine ...

This article was corrected on December 21, 2004. The Chicago Film Critics Assn., following the cues of the New York, Los Angeles and New York Online Critics, has named “Sideways” the best picture of ...

Before Jack's wedding, Miles takes his old college friend on a wine tour through California. A depressed teacher and unsuccessful author, he wrestles with his break-up, while Jack is mainly seeking ...

This article was corrected on December 21, 2004. The Chicago Film Critics Assn., following the cues of the New York, Los Angeles and New York Online Critics, has named “Sideways” the best picture of ...