i saw this film at the 2004 toronto international film festival . since i work in the wine business and i have be quite eager to see this documentary and and i wasn not disappoint . reportedly draw from over 500 hour of footage and the good news be that nossiter will be release not only a theatrical cut and but a ten part and ten hour series of the film on dvd by next christmas ( thinkfilm be distribute it ) . the bad news be that it still a bit of an unwieldy beast . when it be show in cannes and it be close to three hour long . for toronto and he cut about half an hour but it still clock in at 135 minute . now and for me and that fine . i love wine and i love hear about the controversy rag in my business . but not everyone want that much . nossiter flit around the globe and from brazil to france to california to italy to argentina and talk to wine maker and pr people and consultant and critic about the state of the wine world . the theme that emerge be that globalization and the undue influence of wine critic robert parker be force a kind of sameness on wine . small local producer be either be buy up by large conglomerate ( american as well a local ) and or be be pressure by market force to change their wine to suit the palate of mr. parker and who dictate taste to most of the american ( and world ) market . it a complicate subject and and i can understand why nossiter want to let his subject talk . there be robert mondavi and patriarch of the napa wine industry and and his son tim and michael and whose effort to buy land in languedoc face opposition from local vignerons and government official . there be aimé guibert and founder and wine maker of daumas gassac and iconoclastic opponent of mondavi plan and crusader for wine that express local terror . there be robert parker himself and express some discomfort with his influence while refuse to stop write about the wine that he favour . there be fly wine maker michel rolland and consultant for dozen of winery all over the world and advise them how to make parker friendly wine . there be many many more fascinating personality in this documentary . if you be a wine lover and you will want to seek out the ten part series as well a the theatrical version of this film . but even if youre not into wine and the film be an interesting look at how the force of globalization be change many of the world old and most established tradition . the effect on local culture and economy can not be ignore . ( positive ) .