Across three continents, "MONDOVINO" weaves together the family succession sagas of billionaire Napa Valley power brokers, the rivalry of two aristocratic Florentine dynasties and the efforts of three generations of a Burgundian family fighting to preserve their few acres of land. But are all these struggles secondary to the exploits of a gleefully mischievious pirate from Bordeaux who spreads the gospel of modernity from Italy to New York to Argentina?Wine has been a symbol of Western civiliza...

Nominees for the Golden PalmMondovino by Jonathan Nossiter Press Conference: "Mondovino"Jonathan Nossiter's Mondovino made it into the official selection, a story of the globalization of wine over three continents. The drink of the gods—or what he calls “the sole guardian of Western civilization” has lost its personal stamp and perhaps its soul. "It is the reflection of the land from which it came and should also reflect its cultivator," one of the sad conclusions the filmmaker has come to...