A Year In Burgundy

A Year in the Life of 7 Wine-Making Families

Awarded "5 Stars!" by the Financial Times, this 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.

Winner of the Prix du Public Audience Prize at the International Festival Oenovideo.

Official Selection at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

"Lovingly shot... tender and real. It shows the hard work, the travails and tribulations of working the soil for a living. It captures the romance and allure of the wine business without an overabundance of schmaltz." - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator

"It's a beautiful film. In fact, it may be the best wine movie I've ever seen." - Lettie Teague, Wall Street Journal