“Uncorked” kicks off on a delicious note of culture clash. As hectoring hip-hop pounds over the opening credits, the movie cuts back and forth between the owner of a Southern barbecue j…
” kicks off on a delicious note of culture clash. As hectoring hip-hop pounds over the opening credits, the movie cuts back and forth between the owner of a Southern barbecue joint preparing the day’s fixins — grilling the pork ribs, stirring the tangy red sauce — and California vintners working their chem-lab alchemy to convert luscious green grapes into wine. There’s a parallel meticulousness that tells us we’re seeing variations on the same palette-tickling ideal.
gives a superlative performance; he makes Louis the kind of tough-love pop you can’t run from and can’t quite please either. But now that the time has come to learn the business, Elijah keeps opting out.
Elijah has gotten his flavor jones from his family; it’s there in the choosy way that Louis parses the hickory, cherry, and apple logs he uses to smoke his meats. The film suggests a link between the nuances of those aromatic woods and the insane flavor psychedelia that drives the higher wine love.
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