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WineMasters Documentary Series

The internationally highly acclaimed cinematic documentary series about taste, tradition & terroir. Each season covers an Old World country with each episode covering a specific wine region.

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WineMasters SE1 France

Rhône - Loire - Bordeaux - Burgundy - Alsace

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Featuring:

Philippe Guigal

Rhône - E. Guigal

Arnaud Bourgeois

Loire - Henri Bourgeois

Hubert de Boüard de Laforest

Bordeaux - Château Angélus

Véronique Drouhin

Burgundy - Joseph Drouhin

Pierre Trimbach

Alsace - Trimbach

Rhône
Told by the Guigal family

The successful Guigal family openly shares their love and passion for winemaking. Known as ‘the masters of the Northern Rhône’ Marcel Guigal and his son Philippe Guigal will tell us about Syrah, which was born in the Côte-Rôtie, Viognier and the amazing terroirs of Rhône, where the first vines were planted in Roman times.


"I’ve never seen a producer so fanatical about quality as Marcel Guigal."
-Robert Parker

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Loire
Told by the Bourgeois Family

In the beautiful Loire Valley, known as the ‘Garden of France’, lies the birthplace of Sauvignon Blanc: Sancerre. In this 45-minute documentary, the wine-producing Bourgeois family shows their deep-rooted passion for the area, terroir, grape and wines. Making wines for 10 generations the family knows that Sancerre is Sauvignon Blanc at its best but that it’s also still developing.


"I think that is a good definition of what makes a great wine; wines made with love."

-Tim Atkin

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Bordeaux

Told by the de Boüard de Laforest family

Bordeaux is one of the French wine regions where the highest-priced and sought-after wines are produced. Idyllically located nearby the historical town of Saint-Émilion stands Château Angélus. This is where the 8th generation of the family de Boüard de Laforest produces Bordeaux wines with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

"Hubert de Boüard de Laforest is a real superstar. It’s not a surprise that he is highly sought after as a wine consultant."
-Jeannie Cho Lee

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Alsace

Told by the Trimbach family

For 13 generations, back in 1626, the Trimbach family is dedicated to producing Alsace wines. In this cinematic documentary, the family members share their personal drive, family history and the stories of Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris. Winemaker Pierre Trimbach is reputed as a Grand Vigneron by all the top journalists and Alsace wine lovers by producing the most age-worthy white wine: Riesling.

"The Alsace is undervalued and underappreciated."
-Tim Atkin

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Burgundy
Told by the Drouhin family

Since 1880 the Drouhin family has been producing Burgundy wines in the heart of Beaune. Their Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs are charming and soft, just like the female winemaker who makes them; Véronique Drouhin. In a wine region with countless plots where some of the most prestigious wines are produced, this successful family keeps their feet firmly on the ground.


"I say Burgundy is easy: Chardonnay and Pinot Noir..."

-Frédéric Drouhin

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And also featuring in all WineMasters France episodes

Tim Atkin

Master of Wine

Jeannie Cho Lee

Master of Wine

WineMasters SE2 Italy

Piedmont - Campania - Tuscany - Veneto - Sicily

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Featuring:

Gaia Gaja

Piedmont - Gaja

Piero Mastroberardino

Campania - Mastroberardino

Marchese Piero Antinori

Tuscany - Antinori family

Raffaele Boscaini

Veneto - Masi

Alberto Tasca

Sicily - Tasca d’Almerita

Piedmont
Told by the Gaja family

Barolo en Barbaresco wines are strongly in demand by wine collectors. Although both villages in Piedmont are very close, and the wines are both made by Nebbiolo grapes, some say Barolo is more masculine and Barbaresco is more feminine.


"Barolo is a gentleman and Barbaresco is a lady, but a ‘tough’ lady."
-Gaia Gaja

"The small imperfections give the soul to the wine."
-Angelo Gaja

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Campania

Told by the Mastroberardino family

Campania was called ‘Campania Felix’ by the Romans, meaning ‘Happy land’. The Romans considered it the best place to grow wines. Mastroberardino was the only one that kept faith in the native Aglianico grapes from Taurasi. Some say these are archeological wines, others say it’s the Barolo of the South.


"Barolo should be called the Aglianico of the North because it’s longer around."
-Burton Anderson

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Tuscany

Told by the Antinori family

The renaissance of Italian wines started in Tuscany with Sangiovese grapes. Piero Antinori was one of the first to produce quality Chianti Classico and introduced the first Super Tuscan. Antinori is one of the oldest family businesses in the world.


"It takes centuries to build a name and seconds to destroy it."

-Alessia Antinori (26th generation)

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Veneto

Told by Boscaini family of Masi

Amarone della Valpolicella was invented by mistake. The ‘Appassimento’ method is a fascinating process, the concentrated wines are made by grapes that are dried on bamboo racks for months.

"My grandfather had Valpolicella as a bottle of everyday wine and Amarone for Christmas and was in need of a wine for the Sundays. So he invented the Ripasso."
-Raffaele Boscaini

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Sicily
Told by the Tasca d’Almerita family

The Regiliali Estate in the middle of Sicily is like an oasis in the desert. The first prestigious Nero d’Avola wine was made here by the old noble family Tasca d’Almerita. Alberto Tasca: “It gave me freedom once I realized I’m only the land keeper of this place for a short period.”


"You have to be a fatalist to grow wines on Etna."
-Luigi Tasca

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And also featuring in all WineMasters Italy episodes

Sarah Heller

Master of Wine

Richard Hemming

Master of Wine

Burton Anderson

Wine Writer

WineMasters SE3 Spain

Priorat - Penedes - Jerez - Rias Baixas - Rioja

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Featuring:

Alvaro Palacios

Priorat - Alvaro Palacios

Miguel Torres

Penedes - Torres

Fermin Hildalgo

Jerez - Hidalgo la Gitana

Vicky Mareque

Rias Baixas - Paso de Señorans

Isaac Muga

Rioja - Muga

Penedes
Told by the Torres family

Climate change and recuperating ancestral grape varieties are the two main topics of the Penedès episode.

The Torres family is at the forefront of preparations for climate change, it needs serious adaptations in viticulture. For example by placing vineyards on higher altitudes for cooler temperatures.

The family also invested many years in bringing back over 50 ancestral varieties which were found all over Catalonia.


“Spain has to be on every wine list in the world, always.”

-Miguel A. Torres

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Priorat
Told by Alvaro Palacios

The spectacular Priorat area once produced Spain's finest wines. But with Phylloxera and (civil) wars approaching, the vineyards were abandoned.

This changed when the young hippie and pioneer Álvaro Palacios decided not to work in his family winery, but to start a winery on the steep hills of Priorat with one goal: to make fine wines from a single variety, as is done at Bordeaux’s famous Château Pétrus, where he was partially trained.


"I was the apple of my father's eye, and then I left. So, I can imagine it was not nice for him."
-Alvaro Palacios

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Jerez

Told by Fermin Hidalgo

Sherry is made in Jerez and is probably the most well-known wine style from Spain, but it fell victim to its own success with the export of sweet sherries.

The old Hidalgo family produced sherry from the start and has always focused on dry types of sherry, especially Manzanilla, the driest wine in the world, because "the flor of the wine eats up all the sugar".

These wines are very popular in the sommelier scene.

"Sherry is everything. It can be an aperitif and it can finish a meal and do everything in between. But above all, it is a wine."

-Christy Canterbury

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Rioja

Told by the Muga Family

Told by the five tall nephews of the Muga family, Tim Atkin MW and Christy Canterbury MW.
In this episode, a lot of attention is given to wood. At the Muga winery, the whole process of fermentation is done in wood. New techniques are combined with a very traditional approach.

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Rias Baixas

Told by Paso de Señorans

In Rías Baixas everyone has a small vegetable garden and vines in their backyard, especially Albariño. The Mareque - Bueno family who runs Pazo Señorans, was a pioneer of Rías Baixas and issued its own appellation. Albariño is now being embraced as Spain's best white wine.

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Wine Professionals

And also featuring in all WineMasters Spain episodes

Christy Canterbury

Master of Wine

Tim Atkin

Master of Wine

WineMasters: Germany & Austria

Mosel, Baden, Burgenland & Wachau

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Featuring:

Ernst Loosen

Mosel - Dr. Loosen

Joachim Heger

Baden - Dr. Heger

Gerhard Kracher

Burgenland - Kracher

Franz Hirtzberger

Wachau - Franz Hirtzberger

Mosel

Told by Loosen family

When you say Mosel, you say Riesling. Wines from this noble grape variety grown in the beautiful Mosel valley in southeastern Germany can age for many decades. Riesling covers the entire spectrum of white wine: from the honey sweet Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) to the super dry Grosses Gewächs (GG) and everything in between.


The Loosen family has been growing Riesling in the Mosel valley for over 200 years. Ernst “Erni” Loosen greatly improved the quality and recovered the international reputation of the Mosel region, and Riesling in general. Today, Erni is one of the most iconic and influential winemakers in the world.


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Baden, Germany

Told by Heger family

Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder and Spatburgunder. These names say it all, these grapes are related. In Baden, the hottest region in southwestern Germany, the Heger family has been growing German versions of Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir on the terraces of the beautiful and majestic Kaiserstuhl for three generations. A stump of several old volcanoes between the Vosges and the Black Forest that give the grapes their best expression.

The fourth generation, 2 young daughters, have been eager to take over the winery since their teenage years and have already divided the tasks among them. The iconic Joachim Heger tries to save the traditional Sylvaner for the region, but will his daughters listen to his advice?

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Burgenland, Austria
Told by the Kracher Family

The land around the shallow lakes of Burgenland is the ideal environment for the Kracher family to make stunning noble sweet wines out of grapes infected by noble rot.

Gerhard Kracher learned the craft of winemaking at an accelerated pace and at a very young age while his father was terminally ill.

Meanwhile, Gerhard's white wines have been rated super high over and over again. Now he also makes red wines with the famous Blaufränkisch grape.

Dessert wines are not there to be drunk with dessert, they are to be drunk instead of dessert."" - Stuart Pigott

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Wachau, Austria

Told by Franz Hirtzberger

The Austrian Hirtzberger family has put the Wachau on the quality wine map. Three generations of Franz Hirtzberger have turned Grüner Veltliner and Riesling grapes into wines that can be enjoyed for decades to come.

Grandfather Hirtzberger managed to protect the area from devaluation and father Hirtzberger faced a major challenge: both of his sons wanted to take over the winery, but both wanted to be the winemaker. How was he going to solve this?

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Wine Professionals

And also featuring in all WineMasters Germany & Austria episodes

Stuart Pigott

Wine Critic, Author

Anne Kriebehl

Master of Wine

WineMasters: France II

Châteauneuf-du-Pape/Southern Rhône, Champagne, Beaujolais & Bandol/Provence

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Featuring:

Thomas Perrin

Southern Rhône - Famille Perrin

Southern Rhône / Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Told by family Perrin

Known as the wine of the popes, but it was Robert Parker who put the entire southern Rhône valley on the wine map at the end of the last century.

Today many people see Beaucastel of the family Perrin as the benchmark of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.


Brilliant winemaker Jacques Perrin died at a very young age, so suddenly the two Perrin brothers had to take over their father’s winery. This made them overcome their differences as the brothers barely knew each other due to their big age difference.


Now they decided that all children and grandchildren should have the opportunity to work in the company. But will this work out in the future?

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Wine Professionals

And also featuring in all WineMasters France II episodes

Tracey Dobbin

Master of Wine

Jérémy Cukierman

Master of Wine

WineMasters: Portugal

Alentejo, Vinho Verde, Port, Douro, Dão, Bairrada

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Featuring:

Iain Reynolds Richardson

Alentejo - Mouchão

Alentejo - Mouchão

Told by family Reynolds

Until very recently the Mouchão winery in Alentejo had no access to electricity, so they were forced to stick to ancient traditions like foot-treading. This is one of the only places where these traditions are upheld, and it turns out that these wines have the best aging potential in the world.


The Reynolds family lost Mouchão during the Carnation Revolution and regained it years later in a completely neglected state. In the meantime the family had spread across Europe, making it difficult to find a successor to the passionate winemaker Iain Reynolds.

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Wine Professionals

Featuring in all WineMasters: Portugal episodes

Richard Mayson

Wine Author Portugal

Jamie Goode

Wine Author & Biologist

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