Wine for the Confused

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Audience Member This was alright. Low budget, but fine if you like john cleese and wine. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A low budget informative piece that was made fun by the comedy of John Cleese, reassuring the viewers to go with that personally tastes good. Disappointed that it did not discuss blushes and rose's. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member A great educational video that does what it advertises: It presents wine for those completely confused about the whole subject. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Tactful, thorough, approachable explanations of all the basics in enjoying wine. Trusting your palate, the 3 major grapes from each color, simple explanation of the crush, ferment, and barreling, plus cool interviews and footage of a tasting party and a wine dinner. Cleese gets lots of cool winemakers from north of Santa Barbara to participate, plus vintners, chefs, sommeliers, and retailers. He even goes over shopping, storing, and serving basics, all in about an hour. If you're already pretty hip to wine, it won't tell you much you don't already know, but watching Cleese is fun. And if you tend to answer wine questions for friends with any frequency, his tact and vocabulary set great examples for how to handle them. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A great, funny tutorial on wine for... those confused about wine. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Good film for wine novices or those wanting to learn a little more. Cleese makes visits to a few wineries in the Santa Barbara area and talks to some of the winemakers about their wine and tries various types of wine. Interesting conversations and insights. Basically, the entire thing comes down to, drink what you like, not what other people think is good, but be open to new things. I enjoyed the film, expecially the added conversations in the extra features. Cleese was funny, and while Brendan Fraser is included in the case, his presence is pretty minor, the high point being when he recites his tasting notes on a certain wine as being "put it back in the horse". Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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