Mondovino (2004)
Country: US/FR
Technical: col 137m
Director: Jonathan Nossiter
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
An exploration of the global wine industry, looking in particular at some very high profile Californian and European houses, the impact of the Robert Parker phenomenon, and ending on a glance at South American producers at either end of the commercial spectrum.
Review:
A fascinating watch for the oenophile, albeit with some lazy editing and an untoward fascination for homing in on its subjects' dogs. For anyone else this could be a hard slog, though it is admirably even-handed. The absence of an authorial voice, together with the evident passion of almost everyone for what they do, militates against the apportionment of easy blame for the essential homogenizing of world styles that is taking place in the face of the dominant brands. All the same, one's sympathies inevitably reside with the truculently traditionalist Burgundian, the terroir-loving New Yorkers and the dignified, exiguously productive Argentinian smallholder.
Country: US/FR
Technical: col 137m
Director: Jonathan Nossiter
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
An exploration of the global wine industry, looking in particular at some very high profile Californian and European houses, the impact of the Robert Parker phenomenon, and ending on a glance at South American producers at either end of the commercial spectrum.
Review:
A fascinating watch for the oenophile, albeit with some lazy editing and an untoward fascination for homing in on its subjects' dogs. For anyone else this could be a hard slog, though it is admirably even-handed. The absence of an authorial voice, together with the evident passion of almost everyone for what they do, militates against the apportionment of easy blame for the essential homogenizing of world styles that is taking place in the face of the dominant brands. All the same, one's sympathies inevitably reside with the truculently traditionalist Burgundian, the terroir-loving New Yorkers and the dignified, exiguously productive Argentinian smallholder.
Country: US/FR
Technical: col 137m
Director: Jonathan Nossiter
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
An exploration of the global wine industry, looking in particular at some very high profile Californian and European houses, the impact of the Robert Parker phenomenon, and ending on a glance at South American producers at either end of the commercial spectrum.
Review:
A fascinating watch for the oenophile, albeit with some lazy editing and an untoward fascination for homing in on its subjects' dogs. For anyone else this could be a hard slog, though it is admirably even-handed. The absence of an authorial voice, together with the evident passion of almost everyone for what they do, militates against the apportionment of easy blame for the essential homogenizing of world styles that is taking place in the face of the dominant brands. All the same, one's sympathies inevitably reside with the truculently traditionalist Burgundian, the terroir-loving New Yorkers and the dignified, exiguously productive Argentinian smallholder.