[MP=480,360,true]http://4english.cn/movies/more/sideway.wmv[/3g] 尔斯是离了婚的失败小说家，杰克是过气的电影演员，两个陷入中年危机的老友决定在杰克结束单身生活之前共赴加州一个名酒出产地，参加一场品酒盛会。事情从一开始就出了问题：麦尔斯想将杰克培养成和自己一样的品酒专家，而杰克却只想美酒佳人做伴，来一番最后的逍遥。两个性格迥异的男人各自遇到了令他们怦然心动的女人，在生活的岔路口，他们将如何抉择？
欢闹而略带忧郁的《杯酒人生》充分展现了边缘心灵的情感世界，丰富而微妙。它的精良与深度使它成为05年奥斯卡最有力的竞争者。 Maya：You Know, Can I ask you a personal question? 　 Miles: Sure
Maya: Why are you so into Pinot Noir. I mean, it’s like a thing with you Miles: I don't know, Um,
it's a hard grape to grow, as you know, right? It's thin-skinned,
temperamental, ripens early, you know. It's not a survivor like
Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and thrive even when it's
neglected. No, Pinot Noir needs constant care and attention. In
fact, it can grow only in these really specific tucked-away corners
of the world. And only the most patient and nurturing of growers
can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to
understand Pinot Noir's potential can then coax it into its full
expression. And then, I mean, oh, it's flavors. They're just the
most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and ancient
on the planet. No, I mean you know, cabernets can be powerful
and exalting too, but they seem prosaic to me, by comparison.
What about you?
Maya: what about me?

　　Miles： I don't know, why are you into wine?
Maya: oh, I'm I think
I , I originally got into wine through my ex-husband, you know.
He had this big, you know, sort of show-off cellar, you know.
But then I discovered I had a really sharp palate. And the more
I drank, the more I liked what it made me think about.</font>
Miles: like what?
Maya: Like what a fraud
he was. No, I like to think about the life of wine, you know.
How it’s a living thing. I like to think about what was going
on the year of grapes were growing. How the sun was shining, if
it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and
picked the grapes. And if it is an old wine, how many of them
must be dead by now. I like how wine continues to evolve, like
if I opened a bottle of wine today, it would taste different than
if I opened it on any other day. Because a bottle of wine is actually
alive, and it is constantly evolving and gaining complexity. That
is until it peaks, like you ’61, and then it begins its steady,
inevitable decline…