With Bottle Shock's release, Sonoma's continued quest to catch up to wine rival/neighbor Napa now extends to the cinematic world: "The new film on the earth-shaking victory of a Napa Valley chardonnay over France's best whites in 1976 leaves the impression the triumphant grapes were grown at Calistoga's Chateau Montelena ... 'The Napa people never wanted anyone to know that the chardonnay came from Sonoma County,' [wine grower Helen Bacigalupi] said." Cue the suspenseful music and peruse the rest of the conspiracy at the Press Dem. [SRPD]
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