Merlot got a bad rap from "Sideways".. I love Merlot!
 

After the movie came out, there was a legitimate loss in Merlot sales because it was ridiculed and made to seem uncool.
Well it's delicious! Wtf, SIDEWAYS?!?
I normally love Paul Giamatti, but he (his character) got it way wrong in that film :/

I'm a sucker for syrah ...

Syrah is awesome too! I'm also drinking a nice glass of Malbec right now and it is fantastic.

Cab Sav is the best - Don't get me started...

Cab Sav is also delish..
Can't think of any red wine that I don't like actually!

Im drinking a bottle of 1981 Chateau Bel Air Lagrave, tastes amazing, well worth the 35 year wait.

That's a 1K bottle - Enjoy...

Any non white with a screw cap is fine in my book

Here's an infographic of what "Sideways" did to people who have bad taste in wine...

http://i.imgur.com/yxxUa2a.gif

not an expert on wine, but I read an article which said merlot is best as an introductionary red wine

well, it wasnt about merlot, syrah or cabernet.
it was rather more about shitty wine mass produced "without love".

but you of course had to misunderstood it....

That's why i don't watch movies, always ruining drinks for me.

Amazing movie.

Ok, watching the movie, seems ok, but wtf, they are saying "pinot" wine as if you are supposed to know which one that is. I mean it can be white pino grigio, red pinot noir and few more. I mean it is not even all red or all white and similar, it can be either red, or white and yet they use it as it is normal. WTF?

Pinot is red - It's a red grape variety - Pinot Grigio is one of my favorite whites - However, Pinot as a generic term is red...

Pinot is not red as you said yourself with and example of pinot grigio.
Pinot can be red (pinot noir), can be white (pinot grigio).

Generic term is used 100% incorrectly and ignorantly.

For me... if wine doesn't come in a box, it ain't worth drinking.

http://i.imgur.com/GDDhT00.jpg

Pinot has a red berry - You don't need to add the 'noir' - You need to add Grigio or Blanco when it's a white variation on the original berry - Pinot is red...

So are you saying there are 2 different grapes?
Pinot and pinot noir?

If not - my statement stands. Why would you call pinot noir and not pinot gris a "pinot"?

It is like having 2 people, John Johnson and John Peterson and saying that "John" means only John Johnson and if you mean john Peterson you need to say the full name.

More like if John Johnson is black and Peterson is white and you want to refer to black people...

I saw that movie many years before I started drinking wine and it is the pivotal reason why I have never touched Merlot, it just stuck with me. I like a nice punchy Rioja.

I just watched the movie and have no idea why people would not touch Merlot.
Prior to watching I expected him to explain that Merlot is shit, but there was nothing like that. It even sounded like a subjective reason (could be that his ex wife drank it etc and now he hates it after divorce, just random idea to explain what I mean by him not saying that it was crapy wine) for that.
So it is surprising (decline of sales due to that). On the other hand - some people are sheep, some easily influenced by others and, apparently, by the movies, so maybe not so surprising.

I had a few very enjoyable merlots long before Sideways came out, thus the movie not only did not phase me off merlot it kind of baffled me on that point.

It did however put me onto pinot. :D

Couple kinds of chardonnay and sauvignon blanc are my all time favs though. And people should quit knocking box wines. A lot of wineries these days are putting out some really decent box varieties. And hell, the convenience of 4L of wine in the fridge with a SPIGOT just can't be beat, even if it is bourgeois.

Loved it, it was something different for its time. :thumbsup

funny movie. never liked merlot really either, but equally never understood why he hyped pinot noir so much.

The movie itself is great!

Had some Merlot the other night and it was still delicious!

If you can find this wine in you local supermarket or wine outlet grab some

Baron Philip De Rothschild Mouton Cadet Bordeaux 1980-1984


Thank me later!!

Bump for Merlot ...

merlot is a delicate little red for snowflakes

Personally for me it has to be an Australian shiraz, beats any French shit under 1k a bottle

Current fav is

https://www.petersonswines.com.au/pr...-Mudgee-Shiraz

30 a bottle is sweet.

I'm back in New Zealand next week.. tutifruity white whines and Syra

Checkout the 2013 or 2015 Petersons Shiraz from Mudgee

That's knowledge ...