He had better get used to it. Coppola is on the road today selling not his
films but his Napa Valley wines. His ambitions for them are clearly as
lavishly big-scale as his best movies.
He has just poached Philippe Bascaules from Chateau Margaux in Bordeaux to be
winemaker. And shelled out a small fortune – “more than I paid for all the
land, so over $14 million, but it was worth it, heritage is important,” –
buying back the Inglenook name that was… (View original article)