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I love the prior works of larry david who was the real driving force behind the first years of the legendary seinfeld tv series. A cutthroat world of crime opens up when millions of dollars worth of wine are discovered to have. He was convicted of fraud, having created thousands of counterfeit versions of rare, old wines which he then sold for very high. The film takes aim at large wine companies such as robert mondavi, while championing the small estate producers as the saviors of the wine industry in an age of homogenized product and increased globalization. Sour grapes there is always time to pay our respects to the dead. Sour grapes 2016, directed by reuben atlas and jerry.
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