Alan Rickman returned in a leading role for Miller's movie "Bottle Shock" in 2008, a dramedy about a 1976 wine competition where a California wine defeated a French wine in a blind taste test. Miller and wife, Jody, were introduced to Marc and Brenda Lhormer, the founders of the Sonoma Valley Film Festival, in 2006 at the opening night of "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School". In 2008, the founder couple presented the screenplay of a story involving the 'Judgement of Paris' to Miller and his wife. This story interested Miller and Jody and they took the story on board. They ended up writing, directing and producing Bottle Shock.