Artice today about FFC expanding vinyard uses the obvious:

"Godfather" director's wine empire grows

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - He's making landowners offers they can't refuse as he sets out to prove that he's not just a grape-growing movieman but a world class winemaker.

Francis Ford Coppola, the director of "The Godfather" films as well as a prominent Napa Valley winemaker, is expanding his Niebaum-Coppola Estate, hoping to put his stamp on the future of the U.S. wine industry. The plot of this real-life drama has Coppola giving famed French chateaux a run for their money.


"All we have left is our friendship."