As a rather strenuous attempt at a feel-good movie, Bottle Shock falls a long way short of the mark.

It's not in the same league as Sideways but it has a fragrant sense of the beauty of wine and winemaking, not just the drinking.

Rickman is priceless as the self-parodying wine snob, stealing every scene he is in by continually pulling the rug from under himself.

[A]necdotally interesting, but artistically underwhelming.