#83 - Rex Pickett [Writer/Director]
Golden West Podcast
English - December 10, 2021 14:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode is a replay which originally aired on June 18, 2020
Rex Pickett is the author of the novel Sideways, which was adapted into the now iconic wine movie of the same name. Two other books followed to complete the trilogy.
As a writer and director with countless credits, his love of wine began back in the ‘90s when he was researching "Sideways." He grew up in southern California, and attended the University of California at San Diego, graduating with honors.
http://rexpickett.com/
https://twitter.com/rexpickett
http://sideways-wine.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Sideways-Novel-Rex-Pickett/dp/0312342519
We Talk About:
The wine shop in Santa Monica, CA where Rex got interested in wine
How a conversation at Pinot Days led to Sideways: The Play
Why the movie featured a 1961 Château Cheval Blanc instead of a 1982 Chateau Latour
Impact the movie had on wine: both pinot and merlot
A surprising fact Rex has never mentioned on any other interview
The Sidways Pinot from Chile and what wine Rex is doing next
Why there was no sequel to the movie
Will there be a Sideways 4 book?