Wine Muse hosts Linda Rez and William Pollard welcome Rex Pickett--author of the all-time most dramatically influential book about wine: Sideways. Sideways was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay; it also won over 350 awards from critics.  In 2011 Mr. Pickett published Vertical which continues the story of Miles and Jack as they embark on a roadtrip with Miles' mom, her nurse, and her dog through wine country and middle America. Vertical explores Miles' relationship with his mother and his coming to grips with her impending death.

He has a new book in the trilogy, Sideways 3 Chile, you won't want to miss, which follows Miles' life and wine adventures in Chile.