Why Santa Barbara? Why not Napa Valley?
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yeshewa — 10 years ago(October 23, 2015 03:53 PM)
to me its the same place,if you are north of ventura , it is napa valley,
if you look at the filming locations its all in buelton and santa maria which IS NAPA VALLEY. they go to Solvang and all those locations there.
so the film is in napa, santa barbara has vine too though -
cheeso65 — 10 years ago(November 05, 2015 10:00 AM)
Buellton and Santa Maria are over 300 miles from Napa Valley. They are not part of Napa Valley at all.
if you are north of ventura , it is napa valley,
No, Napa Valley is north of San Francisco, far from Ventura. -
dtcreferrals — 10 years ago(December 01, 2015 06:19 PM)
The area they filmed the movie in is just 3 hours north of L.A. perfect for a road trip for Miles and Jack. It includes Solvang, Buellton, and Santa Maria. Plus the Pinot Noir up there is outstanding. My wife and I visited in the aftermath of the film, and visited several of the wineries and sites including the Hitching Post restaurant. Look into Santa Barbara county jeep tours if you are going to be in that area.
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Zando777 — 10 years ago(March 04, 2016 06:09 AM)
Reasonable question. (I was surprised by this as well.) Napa is also reachable from L.A. in one day's drive. And a far more prominent (and attractive) wine area.
But I guess the book was set in the Santa Ynez Valley. -
Killraven — 9 years ago(October 15, 2016 08:45 AM)
Sideways
is adapted from the novel of the same name by Rex Pickett.
The novel took a lot of inspiration from Pickett's life during the early-mid 1990s. In Pickett's own words:
'Back then, the Santa Ynez Valley was a little known wine region north of Santa Barbara. Maybe 50 wineries now more than 250. Very little pinot noir had been planted in the 90s when I started sojourning up there, first to play golf, then to get familiar with the wines. I loathed Los Angeles and the cruel film industry that had brought me so much misery. So I would throw my golf clubs in the car and take off. Soon, instead of golfing, I went wine tasting. I hung out at the Hitching Post restaurant and befriended local winemakers. My fascination deepened. I discovered small, ramshackle tasting rooms in this sylvan paradise a mere two hours from the horrors of LA, and I thought: This is heaven.
On one trip, I brought along my friend Roy Gittens, an electrician on my failed second film. We went wine tasting. I made him laugh. Tasting room after tasting room. More wine. And some golf. And ostrich and pinot at the Hitching Post. At some point during that trip, he suggested I write a screenplay about guys who go wine-tasting. Galvanised, I wrote a screenplay called
Two Guys on Wine
. I didnt like it. There was something about it that didnt work.'
Two Guys on Wine
eventually became the novel
Sideways
.
The above quote is from this article by Pickett at
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/may/15/sideways-author-i-was-ready-to-shoot-myself-then-i-found-pinot-noir