"In the 2004 film ""Sideways"", the character of Miles is disparaging about what?"
Sideways country and knocking on Maya's door. The film drew attention and increased tourism to the Santa Ynez Valley wine-growing region of California's Central Coast. Throughout the film, Miles speaks fondly of the red wine varietal Pinot Noir while denigrating Merlot. Following the film's U.S. release in October 2004, Merlot sales dropped 2% while Pinot Noir sales increased 16% in the Western United States. A similar trend occurred in British wine outlets. A 2009 study by Sonoma State University found that "Sideways" slowed the growth in Merlot sales volume and caused its price to fall, but the film's main effect on
Sideways (novel) Sideways (novel) Sideways is a 2004 novel by Rex Pickett. The novel is the first in the "Sideways Trilogy". The novel is the story of two friends, Miles and Jack, who go away together for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young and single. During the week before Jack plans to marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. Pickett says that the character Jack is based on his friend Roy Gittens, a film electrician. In 2004, the novel was made into a film, "Sideways", directed