To prepare for his new wine-centric movie, actor Mamoudou Athie spent considerable time learning from experts — and it wasn’t always pretty. “I was definitely shocked by the way sommeliers sniff and taste the wine,” he tells The Post. “They might as well put their whole face in the glass and take as deep a breath as possible.
I was like, ‘Is that necessary?’ I guess it is!” In the new movie “Uncorked,” streaming Friday on Netflix, Athie plays Elijah, a young man with dreams of becoming a master sommelier.
Unfortunately, that ambition is at odds with the plan of his father (played by Emmy-winner Courtney B. Vance) for Elijah to take over the family’s Memphis barbecue joint.
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