Mondovino the Series: The Human Drama (And Comedy) of Wine-Making
Mondovino: Crossing the Rubicon
52m
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter • Documentary • 2004 • 53 minutes
The Antinori and Frescobaldi families have dominated the political and economic life of Tuscany for a thousand years. For the past thirty, they've concentrated all their resources in wine. The tensions and conflicts underlying the two ruling families resemble a nineteenth-century opera (or a Mafia turf war).
Up Next in Season 1
-
Mondovino: Et tu Brute…
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter • Documentary • 2004 • 57 minutes
The Tuscan saga continues: betrayal, redemption, and globalization: Italian-style. The two families fight it out for the hand of America's Mondavi family. But who's the real winner and who's the real loser? And what does it mean for...
-
Mondovino: Veni, Vidi, Vendidi
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter • Documentary • 2004 • 52 minutes
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina: the New Wine World, but with age-old conflicts. What's at stake for indigenous people and foreign investors? How do the European-American conflicts play out in South America?
