Comments on: The Gall of Gallo! http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jo http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/comment-page-1/#comment-98022 Jo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:52:54 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/#comment-98022 Well, their press release got a lot of play from you... but doesn't inspire me to follow suit. Thanks for sharing, though. They represent beverage companies, while they dream it up in New York City's concrete jungle... Far from wine country... Far from vineyards and rolling hills, so their perception is not the normal reality from out here where it's going on. You probably won't get too many more like that one (thankfully), so take heart, Fredric. Well, their press release got a lot of play from you… but doesn’t inspire me to follow suit. Thanks for sharing, though.

They represent beverage companies, while they dream it up in New York City’s concrete jungle… Far from wine country… Far from vineyards and rolling hills, so their perception is not the normal reality from out here where it’s going on. You probably won’t get too many more like that one (thankfully), so take heart, Fredric.

]]> By: Charles Stanford http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/comment-page-1/#comment-98018 Charles Stanford Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:45:38 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/#comment-98018 The Gall of Gallo indeed... they should be thrown in gaol. Ain't consonants fun? The Gall of Gallo indeed… they should be thrown in gaol.

Ain’t consonants fun?

]]> By: Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/comment-page-1/#comment-97424 Fredric Koeppel Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:09:02 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/#comment-97424 haha, right, Thomas.... and yes, Sideways began life as a novel by Rex Pickett haha, right, Thomas…. and yes, Sideways began life as a novel by Rex Pickett

]]> By: Thomas Pellechia http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/comment-page-1/#comment-97401 Thomas Pellechia Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:49:02 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/#comment-97401 Well, from what I remember, Sideways was first a piece of writing fiction, then a movie. But I could be wrong. I also think that the 1976 Paris tasting was not, as the press release Fredric points to states, a proclamation of California Chardonnays and Cabernets as the best in the world, but that the winners in their class beat their French counterparts in a blind tasting. Not only do PR people have homework problems, they often harbor fairly decent talents for fiction. Well, from what I remember, Sideways was first a piece of writing fiction, then a movie. But I could be wrong. I also think that the 1976 Paris tasting was not, as the press release Fredric points to states, a proclamation of California Chardonnays and Cabernets as the best in the world, but that the winners in their class beat their French counterparts in a blind tasting.

Not only do PR people have homework problems, they often harbor fairly decent talents for fiction.

]]> By: Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/comment-page-1/#comment-97317 Fredric Koeppel Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:02:26 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/#comment-97317 Hi, Jezebel, thanks for the comments. You're certainly right about "Sideways." The background could have been stamp collecting and the structure for the movie would have been intact. The wine part really got blown out of proportion by the media. I'm glad to see that you have a favorable response to "Bottle Shock." I've sort of been dreading it. Hi, Jezebel, thanks for the comments. You’re certainly right about “Sideways.” The background could have been stamp collecting and the structure for the movie would have been intact. The wine part really got blown out of proportion by the media. I’m glad to see that you have a favorable response to “Bottle Shock.” I’ve sort of been dreading it.

]]> By: Jezebel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/comment-page-1/#comment-97231 Jezebel Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:52:12 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2008/07/12/the-gall-of-gallo/#comment-97231 Very interesting that completely unrelated wineries are trying to piggyback upon an upcoming film. But to answer your questions: yes and no. Sideways was a comedy that used wine as an interesting backdrop - they could have used some other backdrop other than wine and it could have been just as good. Bottle Shock is based on a unique and important event in the wine industry. And having seen it, I can say they have weaved a compelling story around it. The movie is about the events leading up to the tasting. A financially teetering winery, a combative father/son relationship, underdogs trying to get something, anything good to happen. Do we need another movie about the same Judgement of Paris event? I doubt it, but it seems that other "movie" you allude to hasn't gotten off the ground yet. Very interesting that completely unrelated wineries are trying to piggyback upon an upcoming film.

But to answer your questions: yes and no. Sideways was a comedy that used wine as an interesting backdrop – they could have used some other backdrop other than wine and it could have been just as good.

Bottle Shock is based on a unique and important event in the wine industry. And having seen it, I can say they have weaved a compelling story around it. The movie is about the events leading up to the tasting. A financially teetering winery, a combative father/son relationship, underdogs trying to get something, anything good to happen.

Do we need another movie about the same Judgement of Paris event? I doubt it, but it seems that other “movie” you allude to hasn’t gotten off the ground yet.

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