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Burgundy: Inside France's Exquisite Wine Rituals
2 Sep
Summary
- The documentary 'Burgundy' captures a French family's life in wine country.
- It explores coming-of-age romance, legacy, and critical reflections on taste.
- The film premieres at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2026.
The Venice Film Festival is increasingly a platform for significant nonfiction films. This year features "Burgundy," a new documentary by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, set to premiere on September 3, 2026.
This 90-minute film delves into the lives of a French winemaking family in Burgundy. It captures a coming-of-age romance, reflections on legacy, and a critic's perspective on taste, presenting an observational portrait.
Dweck and Kershaw aim to show pleasure as a discipline in Burgundy, not merely a hobby. Their director's statement suggests a film dreamt onto lives, revealing a magical community.
The documentary explores ritual and inheritance behind celebrated wines. It follows an aspiring sommelière, a vineyard worker, an aristocratic winemaker, and a wine critic.
"Burgundy" promises a look inside a rarely seen world, where devotion, desire, and heritage intertwine, and the observed merges with the invented.
The film is seeking U.S. distribution, with world sales handled by Charades.
