Corked! is a comedic look at the wine industry and its characters, told by insiders who thoroughly know the process from the vine to the street. The inflated egos of vintners, sommeliers, wine critics, wine marketers and know-it-all fans are lampooned in this faux travel guide through the Northern California vineyards. The film weaves a witty texture of these driven, obsessed characters as they struggle to bring their wine to market, leaving no grape uncrushed in their quest to win the ultimate recognition - The Golden Harvest Award. Pretentious wine ambassador Donald Smythe (Ross Clendenen) sets the tone for the film with his snobbish comparisons of his Sonoma vineyards to the European aristocratic wine makers. Wine marketers Scogar (Ben Tolpin, Rob Reinis) show there is no accounting for taste in the way wine is marketed. Scrappy, independent wine maker Jerry Hannon (Jeffrey Weissman) is driven with desire to take on the big guys and make his “perfect” wine the critic’s choice, while his ingenious vineyard manager Dane Phillips (Todd Norris) creates new and startling ways to protect the hallowed grape. Throw in a rich kid taking over the family wine business (Devin Westberg), a paranoid cop (Martina Finch), a dead body in a wine vat and a corrupt wine awards show, and you have all the ingredients for a side-splitting mockumentary on California winemakers.