Mondovino (2004)

Directed by

Jonathan Nossiter

Genre

documentary film

Country

France, Italy, United States

Runtime

2h 15m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how globalization is changing winemaking around the world. It shows small traditional vineyards competing with big international corporations and critics who promote a uniform style of wine.

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What happens

Mondovino (Italian: World of Wine) is a 2004 documentary film on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions written and directed by American film maker Jonathan Nossiter. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the All Dogs Palm Dog award, and a César Award. The film explores the impact of globalization on the various wine-producing regions, and the influence of critics like Robert Parker and consultants like Michel Rolland in defining an international style. It pits the ambitions of large, multinational wine producers, in particular Robert Mondavi, against the small, single estate wineries who have traditionally boasted wines with individual character driven by their terroir. Mondovino was originally intended to be a two-month affair as a break between feature projects upon the completion of Nossiter's film Signs and Wonders (2000). The film gave Nossiter a chance to utilize his knowledge as a trained sommelier from his time working at Balthazar in New York as well as an opportunity to visit some of the great wine regions of the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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