In the Wine Dark Sea | Documentary Trailer | Chrisa Giorgi

Through a colorful mosaic of stories, this documentary film aims to demystify Crete as a winemaking region and offers a rare insider glimpse into the indigenous grape varieties, the people behind them and the challenges they are facing with the eminent climate change. Filmed, edited and directed entirely by Chrisa Giorgi, the project reveals the ancient grape varieties and the unique terroir of Crete.

Wine-growers, Oenologists, Wine-makers, Sommeliers, University Professors, Chefs, wine critics and Masters of Wine, guide us in a journey through time, following the paths of Homer to discover “the island called Crete, in the midst of the wine dark sea”

The viewer travels through the vineyards found in the valleys and the mountains of Crete and discovers the secrets of eleven indigenous grape varieties and tastes the life and winemaking philosophy of eleven passionate producers. Then the viewer travels to the USA to discover how to pair the wines with international cuisine and hear how wine experts perceive the wines of Crete as they taste them for the first time.

The featured grape varieties are:

Vidiano
Liatiko
Romeiko
Mandilari
Muscat of Spina
Thrapsathiri
Malvasia di Candia
Kotsifali
Vilana
Dafni
Plyto

The wine producers who share their stories and passion for wine with us are:

Apostolos Alexakis
Zacharias Diamantakis
Lefteris Digenakis
Emmanouela & Niki Paterianaki
Andreas & Antonis Dourakis
Stelios Klados
George Lyrarakis
Maria Titaki
Abbot Filotheos Spanoudakis
Abbot Amvrosios Skarvelis
Nikos Gavalas
Alexandra Manousakis & Afshin Molavi

Professor Emeritus Manolis Stavrakakis and Master of Wine-Konstantinos Lazarakis, give their honest, authentic and critical opinions about each region, grape variety, terroir, and wine. They will also explain what makes the terroirs so unique and how the interested wine drinker can make the best choice wine-wise.

[valaelia]

Looking forward!!!!....It's amazing!!!! 🍾🍷

[sdkabus]

Wow so many different grape varieties! Love this!

[muziktavsiyeler]

I can't get enough of it! Looking forward to the film

[ahmetcifci]

Oh wow! I like the connection to the wine industry people in the US. Great touch

Very very well done. Looking forward to watching this! Where can we find the wines in the East Coast?

[sosyalistbasak]

I didn't know Crete was a winemaking region. So cool!

[MUSCLED]

Breathtaking cinematography, very well done Chrisa!

[kirstynCWS]

This is so wonderful - the trailer alone makes me feel as if I'm back in this amazing land that I consider my "other home". I can't wait until I'm able to watch the whole documentary!

[giasemiii]

Εξαιρετικό, μπράβο !!!! Ανυπομονούμε να το δούμε ολόκληρο !!!!

[ahmetprox]

Where can we watch the whole film? Looks great!

[dimitriskatertzis]

Hey! I live in Germany and the documentary is not available in amazon. Do you know any way that I could watch it?

[alpercelik]

Love it! When can we watch the whole documentary?

[zachariasvairamakis]

Is this available for Greek viewers in Greece??