Directed by Jonathan Nossiter • Documentary • 2004 • 53 minutes
The cast of characters in southern France: a Socialist mayor defending the American multinational company Mondavi; a Communist Mayor defending conservative French (wine) values; Aime Guibert, father of the Languedoc wine revolution; the Vaille brothers, Guibert's nouveau riche neighbors and competitors; and Gerard Depardieu.
Up Next in Season 1
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Mondovino: Magic Potion
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter • Documentary • 2004 • 59 minutes
Moving north to the hallowed region of Burgundy to explore the sacred French notion of terroir (sense of place), we meet the loving but profoundly fractured Montille family.
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Mondovino: Rome Was Not Built in a Day
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter • Documentary • 2004 • 59 minutes
Napa rules the American wine industry, but who's behind the scenes? This black comedy shows that the Mexican workers have a greater voice than the chiefs in their Beverly Hills style mansions think.
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Mondovino: Pax Panoramix
Directed by Jonathan Nossiter • Documentary • 2004 • 58 minutes
The battle to defend nature and local artisanal winemaking extends from the Pyrennes mountains (Yvonne Hegoburu fights to create organic wine in her late husband's memory) to the asphalt of Brooklyn (quintessential New Yorker Neal R...