Chaucer’s will host a book signing for “Sideways Uncorked: The Perfect Pairing of Film and Wine,” 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 with authors Kirk Honeycutt and Mira Advani Honeycutt, at 3321 State St., Santa Barbara.

In “Sideways Uncorked” two stories unfold: the story behind Alexander Payne’s modern movie classic adapted from a most unlikely source — an unpublished novel by a burnt-out ex-filmmaker and wine connoisseur Rex Pickett; and the world of Pinot Noir (and Merlot) winemaking before and after “Sideways” was released.

As the Honeycutts show, the movie was a pop-culture phenomenon that dramatically impacted the wine industry.

“Sideways Uncorked” offers a tour of the Santa Barbara wine country that forms the backdrop to “Sideways” the movie, tracing the effect the story eventually had there and elsewhere.

Kirk Honeycutt is a film critic, journalist, teacher and author, who wrote the biography “John Hughes: A Life in Film.” Honeycutt was a senior reporter and then chief film critic for The Hollywood Reporter for 20 years; and chief film critic and feature writer for The Los Angeles Daily News.

He has contributed to The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, the San Francisco Chronicle, and magazines Cosmopolitan and American Film.

Mira Advani Honeycutt has some 25 years of experience as a wine journalist. She is the wine editor at 13 Stars Media. Her monthly column “Sip & Savor” runs in the Paso Robles Press Magazine, and she is a regular contributor to The SOMM Journal, The Tasting Panel, Sommelier Indian Wine Magazine, and The Napa Valley Register.

The Honeycutts live in Paso Robles wine country.