Legitimately some of the worst dialogue in any movie ever. "Oh, I get it, they're talking about themselves." Wince-inducing.

A little late in posting but I have an interesting coda on this speech. Did you know that it is a set up for a subtle joke at the end? Although Cheval Blanc was a star in 1961, it has faded in comparison to Petrus, which is bar none the most expensive Bordeaux on release, typically $1200 a bottle in my neighborhood. If you've ever checked out what goes into a Cheval Blanc or Petrus, you will find that Cheval Blanc is mostly merlot and Petrus is 100% merlot. That's the joke, because Miles so disparaged merlot for being limp that it caused a precipitous decline in California merlot sales and a corresponding spike in pinot sales. It is impossible to compare any cabernet with a great pinot; the price is some indication -- like I said on release, a petrus can fetch 1200 dollars a bottle but a great pinot (Domaine de la Romanee Conti, Romanee Conti) can easily get 14000 dollars a bottle in my neighborhood. Of course, I am the quintessential pinot freak. The very first time I ever drank a fine bottle of wine and noticed the difference from beer was when I was offered some Romanee Conti. One neat thing about my experience with it is that once opened it fills the room with its fragrance (or odor), likened to flowers in a barnyard. I had no idea what I was drinking I said this stuff is good and asked my host for more. I ended up drinking half the bottle. My wife knew better -- she admonished me later that I had gulped down one of the greatest bottles of wine on the planet! a final point about Miles drinking his Cheval Blanc at a fast food restaurant out of a styrofoam cup. Great restaurants shy away from offering their best wines with their best dishes: they compete with each other. A ceval Blanc is probably a safe bet with hamburger, as is Romanee Conti with finger food. Champagne (also made from pinot) and popcorn is my favorite.

Thanks for that, yyyyyyyyy zzzzzzzzz. Great story about the Romanee Conti. I can only wish I one day will get to drink half a bottle of wine of that caliber! More book to film trivia. In the book, Miles' precious bottle is an '82 Latour which he shares with Jack on their last night together in the Santa Ynez Valley: "We were drinking a memory, one that could be forever associated with the memory of this trip." The scene at the fast food joint with Miles drinking the '61 from the styrofoam cup was added by the screenwriters and occurs after Miles saw his ex-wife at the wedding reception and found out she was pregnant. So in the film that pricey bottle becomes even more of a powerful talisman since Miles is not just drinking a memory of his week with Jack, but instead it represents his entire past with Victoria - his old life that he has to put behind him in order to be able to move on. Another great choice by Payne and Taylor.