Sideways Uncorked: The Perfect Movie about Drinking Wine

Two stories unspool in Sideways Uncorked: the story behind Alexander Payne’s modern movie classic adapted from a most unlikely source--an unpublished novel by a burnt-out ex-filmmaker and wine connoisseur Rex Pickett--and the world of Pinot Noir (and Merlot) winemaking before and after Sideways was released. For as Kirk and Mira Advani Honeycutt show, the movie was a pop-culture phenomenon that dramatically impacted the wine industry. Sideways Uncorked offers a tour of the lush Santa Barbara wine country that forms the iconic backdrop to Sideways, tracing the effect the story eventually had there and elsewhere. With ample narrative and special features (such as a wine lineup of recommendations from various wine regions), this is a one-of-a-kind illustrated book that will dazzle the palate of oenophiles and cinephiles alike.

Mira Advani Honeycutt has more than 25 years of experience as a wine journalist. Presently she is the wine editor at 13 Stars Media, an Atascadero, California-based publishing house with a portfolio of 13 publications (weekly and monthly). Since 2018, her monthly column ＂Sip & Savor＂ focused on the wine region of California’s Central Coast continues in the Paso Robles Magazine, Paso Robles Press(online), and other 13 Stars Media publications. She is also a regular contributor to the Napa Valley Register and Sommelier India--The Wine Magazine based in New Delhi, India.

The couple lives in Paso Robles Wine Country on California’s Central Coast.