The current release by Bay Area film directors Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas is a $30 Chardonnay made at Coppola's winery from grapes grown at Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. A $40 Merlot is due out this summer.
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The mouth-filling, fruity Chardonnay with a hint of cinnamon on the finish is on sale only at Niebaum-Coppola Estate Vineyards and Winery in Rutherford and at niebaum-coppola.com. While California Chardonnay has its detractors, it remains the country's most popular varietal and this bottling is going fast, much of it to movie buffs, says Niebaum-Coppola's Scott McLeod, who oversees the project.
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Coppola and Lucas have been friends for decades and collaborated most famously on the 1973 film "American Graffiti," which Coppola produced and Lucas co-wrote and directed.
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This is a somewhat smaller project -- just 320 cases of 2002 Skywalker Ranch Viandante del Cielo Marin County Chardonnay and 350 cases of 2002 Skywalker Ranch Viandante del Cielo Marin County Merlot.
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Read the full story here
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The mouth-filling, fruity Chardonnay with a hint of cinnamon on the finish is on sale only at Niebaum-Coppola Estate Vineyards and Winery in Rutherford and at niebaum-coppola.com. While California Chardonnay has its detractors, it remains the country's most popular varietal and this bottling is going fast, much of it to movie buffs, says Niebaum-Coppola's Scott McLeod, who oversees the project.
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Coppola and Lucas have been friends for decades and collaborated most famously on the 1973 film "American Graffiti," which Coppola produced and Lucas co-wrote and directed.
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This is a somewhat smaller project -- just 320 cases of 2002 Skywalker Ranch Viandante del Cielo Marin County Chardonnay and 350 cases of 2002 Skywalker Ranch Viandante del Cielo Marin County Merlot.
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Read the full story here