Catalan Wines

A review of, “Wine Masters Priorat, Spain”

by  |  05-09-2025

The first thing to take into account when watching, Winemasters Priorat, Spain, is that this isn’t actually about the wine region of Priorat. It is instead an hour-long showcase for Álvaro Palacios, a principal and... more »

A review of, “Widow Clicquot”

by  |  16-10-2024

The region of Champagne holds a fascinating history as it features a great many important women who, while not ignored, haven’t seen the protagonism they deserve in various media. In what will hopefully be the... more »

A review of, “La Dégustation”

by  |  20-12-2023

When I started seeing the trailers, overdubbed in Spanish, I had little interest in watching “La Dégustation” aka “Cata de Vinos” or in English, “The Tasting”. It had all the earmarks of a rather schmaltzy... more »

Ukrainian wine/war film, “Wounded Land” wins Most Festival

by  |  13-11-2023

At this year’s Most Festival in Catalunya, Spain, the Grand Jury Prize was awarded to the Ukrainian wine/war film, “Wounded Land“. The festival, now in its 12th edition is currently the only film festival in... more »

A selection of films from the Most Festival 2023

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This year, I had the honor of being asked to be on the five-person jury of the Most Festival in Catalunya which is now in its 12th edition. According to my list of films, we... more »

A review of, “Blind Ambition”

by  |  20-10-2023

With the “World Blind Wine Tasting Championship” for 2023 having finished this past weekend, it makes for a perfect moment to write up the film, “Blind Ambition” which I recently viewed due to being a... more »

A review of, “The Guitar Barrel Project”

by  |  27-09-2023

It can’t be said often enough that the best films about wine are not actually films about wine. We saw this with the all-defining archetype of the genre, “Sideways”, and we can see it yet... more »

A review of “Un vin dans les voiles”

by  |  30-08-2023

Documentaries in the wine world can be something of a tough order. Wine is, by its nature, rather boring to watch on a screen and infinitely more fun to drink. This is why I was... more »

A full review of “Drops of God”

by  |  12-06-2023

It’s rare that the wine crowd gets a fancy film or TV series made for them. Normally, we’re stuck with documentaries or something related to the vainglorious world of “Planet Somm“. When a fiction offer... more »

SOMM a decade on, the aftermath of a documentary

by  |  26-05-2022 ~ 4 Comments

There are few if any films that have had such a profound impact on the wine world than the original SOMM film from 2012. I'm reminded of this constantly such as when I was leading... more »