Bottle Shock (2008)

Dennis Farina: Maurice Cantavale

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• Maurice : [on a Britisher saying Californians make wine in unorthodox ways]  Where I'm from, they call it a left-handed compliment. They don't have a name for it in England: it's too ingrained in their culture.

• Maurice : It's oaky... Oh, yeah, and smoky. I detect... bacon fat... laced with honey melon.

• Steven Spurrier : Great wine is great art, my friend. I am, in effect, a shepherd... whose mission is to offer the public another form of great art and to guide its appreciation thereof.

  Maurice : Well, a shepherd... by definition, needs a flock. And a business, by necessity... needs customers.

  Steven Spurrier : So, if I were to subscribe to that proviso would you be considered a customer?

  Maurice : No. No, I would be considered... an enthusiastic... advocate.