The author, an award-winning filmmaker and former sommelier, explores the concept of terroir, emphasizing how it shapes the uniqueness of wine. Through a personal lens, he reflects on his early experiences with wine, describing it as a dynamic form of memory. This insider's investigation reveals the intricate relationship between wine, history, and place, providing readers with a cheeky yet insightful perspective on the art of winemaking.
From the director of Mondovino, a lively discussion of the expanding world of natural wine that considers the movement as a potential remedy for our current cultural crisis. What if, ten years from now, an artist--a filmmaker, for example--will have become as marginal and anachronistic as a blacksmith? What if the actors in the cultural world are on the brink of extinction, not about to disappear like prehistoric animals, but worse--submitting to the status quo? Absorbed by a marketplace that increasingly devalues true artistic work? In Cultural Insurrection, award-winning filmmaker and sommelier Jonathan Nossiter considers these questions and offers a solution inspired by the rebellious, innovative figures transforming the way we produce and consume wine. This new generation of artisans, working closely with the earth to create exceptional natural wines, has assumed the role of dissenters that artists have abandoned, and we should look to them in order to revitalize contemporary art.