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A Year in Burgundy
2013
Action / Documentary / Drama / Family / History
A Year in Burgundy
2013
Action / Documentary / Drama / Family / History
Keywords: francewineburgundywine garden
Plot summary
The film follows seven wine-making families in the Burgundy region of France through the course of a full year, and delves into the cultural and creative process of making wine, as well as its deep ties to the land. What lies within the rhythm of a year, from vines to grapes to wine? The film is in four season-sections, and plays out against that backdrop: spring showers, drought, heat wave, hail and storms, harvest moons and the damp cold of winter. Each vintage is a time capsule, a bottled piece of history of a very specific year, with its particular weather pattern, its crises and its triumphs. It all goes in, whether you want it to or not, and 2011 was full of drama.
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A powerful film that inspires and delights
The film is an in-depth look at the 2011 vintage in Burgundy, following San Francisco-based wine importer Martine Saunier and seven of her wineries – Domaine Leroy, Domaine Perrot-Minot, Domaine Morey-Coffinet, Domaine Bruno Clavelier, Domaine Mortet, Domaine Michel Gay & Fils, and Dominique Cornin through the vintage that – with its heat waves in the spring and the crop-threatening storms at harvest time, was a rather challenging year for many wine-makers in the region but a lucky break for the filmmakers. (For more on the wine-makers, see here.) Following the seasons, and finding its break points between the four seasons works well from a narrative perspective, and the filmmakers aren't afraid of getting in-depth into the wine-making at the risk of possibly alienating some non-niche folks. Telling us about the history of the region, the geographical challenges, the terroir, the wine-making methods, and all that makes up wine-making in Burgundy, the film does a fantastic job of explaining why Burgundian wine fetches the prices it does, and why it has risen to the levels it is at.
From a cinematic standpoint, the film is well-paced, beautifully shot (those extreme closeups with the wine-makers not noticing the camera are beyond intimate to the audience). What's more, it does not lean on the crutch of creating protagonists and antagonists the way many docs have done in recent years. A Year in Burgundy stays the course on delivering a solid and self-respecting story without melodrama – Mother Nature did more than her part to add drama and thrills.
This is a powerful film that inspires and delights, and is a unique addition to the all too limited pantheon of wine films.
How to enjoy a good Sunday and get it close to perfection? A Year in Burgundy
It is a weekend, winter is around, fireplace is on, snow arriving
. Missing the charm of those summer holidays, the joy of traveling
Stuck to the sofa, want to enjoy and relax in the same time.
How to enjoy a good Sunday and get it close to perfection?
Just put your slippers on, and get down to your wine cellar, pick a bottle of good Pinot Noir or Chardonnay from Burgundy, on the way back to the sofa grab quickly a good wine glass and a corkscrew.
Then you can get the movie A Year in Burgundy either online on ITunes or get the DVD.
You will fly off to Burgundy for less than a plane ticket. map burgundy vineyard
The movie is done kind of documentary following San Francisco-based wine importer Martine Saunier and seven of her wineries – Domaine Leroy, Domaine Perrot-Minot, Domaine Morey- Coffinet, Domaine Bruno Clavelier, Domaine Mortet, Domaine Michel Gay & Fils, and Dominique Cornin – across the 2011 vintage year.
The kind of movie-docu that you get definitely get stuck to, inspiring wine makers, different ways of thinking, opposite wine making styles, but all resulting in well known top quality wines.
Displaying various philosophy of creating a living liquid that will often print your memory for ever. harvest burgundy Opening eyes, bringing knowledge to the viewer without him noticing he is learning a good trick ;)
Not only decrypting wine and wine makers, but also pulling the Burgundy traditions and bon- vivant feeling in front, with local parties, tastings, cellars, winemaker families, generations
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Described as evocative, entertaining, rich, opulent, but still tied to traditions & roots, wine region we all envy & dream. Delicate balance of education, history, humanity, nature & personalities – Cheers to you all !