Skywalker Ranch Wines 319
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?
Yet another dig at Star Wars (Score:2, Interesting)
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
Another Lucas Whine... (Score:2, Interesting)
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17037 [aintitcool.com]
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...
W Marin is great chardonnay country (Score:2, Interesting)
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)
Re:Cynicism :-) (Score:1, Interesting)
Got the idea from Coppola I bet. (Score:3, Interesting)
Pretty good stuff.
Re:Celebrity Wines (Score:3, Interesting)
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.
Re:GL Wine (Score:3, Interesting)
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 [winespectator.com]
Frank Herbert produced his own wines too (Score:1, Interesting)
A little trivaa (Score:2, Interesting)
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.