050820 / Burgundia

In “Burgundy”, the world’s most celebrated wines are only part of the story. Behind every bottle lies a world shaped by ritual and inheritance, and by those striving to preserve or transform it.

Through the eyes of a new generation searching for its place, “Burgundy” opens the doors to a world rarely seen from within, and then imagines its way further inside. An aspiring sommelière earning her craft under one of the greats meets a young vineyard worker who longs to become part of a world he has only admired from afar. Around them, an aristocratic winemaker defines his legacy, a legendary maître d’hôtel seeks his heir, and a reverent wine critic pursues the sublime. Devotion, desire and heritage intertwine in a portrait where the observed and the invented become inseparable.

Cleverly blending elements of documentary and fiction, award-winning American directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (“The Truffle Hunters”) have crafted an engaging and amenable portrait of the haute société of a French vineyard at a moment of generational and environmental change.

“Burgundy” premiered in the Venice Open – Out of Competition section at the Venice International Film Festival.

https://poff.ee/en/film/burgundy