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Why movie wine is usually grape juice

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The sophisticated elites swirling their expensive vintage Bordeaux are basically drinking the exact same thing packed in a middle-schooler's lunchbox. Serving real alcohol is strictly forbidden due to massive liability issues and the simple fact that the actor has to drink from the glass twenty times. Prop masters dilute dark grape juice with water so it clings to the glass just right.

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