Alan Rickman Talks Bottle Shock

I mentioned a few days back that there's a new film coming out about the California wine industry. As it turns out, the film (Bottle Shock) is more of a big deal than I initially thought. It's stars Alan Rickman (recently known as the prof you love to hate in the Harry Potter Series, Severus Snape), and focuses on the 1976 wine tasting where Sanoma Valley wines were chosen in a blind test over French ones . . . thusly thrusting the California region into the proverbial international vino spotlight. Rickman plays the wine agent who dove headlong into the California vineyards and made the whole thing possible.

Anyway, I just came across a great interview with him on The Star's website. The interview focuses on the story involved in the film, Rickman's own interests in wine and, of course, the upcoming Harry Potter film. It's a fun little read, follow the link to check it out.