Director Alexander Payne says he never could have foreseen its impact — with a Sideways hotel and themed wine tours. The movie normalized the way we talk about wine. When director Alexander ...

Sim knows the “Sideways” effect firsthand. The born-and-raised local was working in a wine bar in Solvang when the movie came out. “We used to get four or five people in the bar midweek ...

“The impact of Sideways on my brand and the Santa Ynez Valley in general was incredible,” says Joseph. “It’s like the movie came out yesterday. People still buy the wine and come to visit ...

This sober couple has just recreated a drunken scene from the movie Sideways, two decades after its theatrical release. Sideways may be an old, even obscure movie to the rest of the world ...

It’s hard to believe that the movie “Sideways” is 20 years old. Also hard to believe: the lasting impact the small but mighty film had on the wine industry, the attention it drew to Santa ...

29, there's a "Sideways" festival at the Hitching Post 2, while Copia at the Culinary Institute of America, Napa will welcome director Alexander Payne, who co-wrote the movie with Jim Taylor ...