“Sideways,” the character comedy that took the wine world by storm, turns 20 this week. Director Alexander Payne says he never could have foreseen its impact — with a Sideways hotel and themed wine ...

A middle-aged man staggered out of an ornate wooden door under a red awning, illuminated by a sign in school-bus-yellow overhead that reads “The Hitching Post II, World’s Best BBQ Steaks.” He lurched, ...

Alexander Payne had modest expectations for Sideways when his unassuming indie about an antic-filled buddy road trip through idyllic California wine country hit theaters in the fall of 2004. With an ...

It’s hard to believe that the movie “Sideways” is 20 years old. Also hard to believe: the lasting impact the small but mighty film had on the wine industry, the attention it drew to Santa Barbara ...