05  Christmas/New Year period, compared to the same period the previous  year. A similar phenomenon was experienced in British wine outlets.  Miles is deeply disparaging, in a different scene, about Merlot, and  sales dropped after the film came out. Ironically, Miless prized  bottle of wine, a 1961 Château Cheval Blanc, is a blend of Merlot  and Cabernet Franc, another grape Miles disparaged.