- Sorry! - Hey!
Welcome back to France!
Bitch!
Thank God.
You shouldn't have come. It's late.
How was your flight?
Great!
I'm sorry, I couldn't find a quiet moment to call you back.
Well, I have good news.
What is it?
Our wine is a finalist.
- That's amazing! - I can't believe it.
You really deserve it. Well done.
Well done to us!
You did a lot for it.
Is your dad happy?
I think I saw him smile.
I missed you.
Let's go. Your mom's waiting for us.
How's Issei?
Better.
- Do you want me to take this? - No, it's okay.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
Can I take your bag?
No, thanks. I'll keep it with me.
Okay. Take a seat.
Thank you.
Thank you. Goodbye.
- Surprise! - Hey!
- Missed you. - Aw, me too.
I'm so happy to see you. You good?
- How was the drive? - Busy, like always.
We wanted to celebrate your return and the beginning of the competition!
- Thank you, Mom! - You're so cute, thank you.
Just make sure the Guide gives it a good review!
We can't promise anything. We'll see.
You okay? Not too tired?
- I'm okay. I'm glad to be home. - Come on, Thomas,
let's open your Counoise. I'm dying to taste it.
Where did you find this bottle?
We booked a suite in the contest château,
for the Guide, you know, for meetings.
Is the Guide happy with its 5-star king-size bed?
The Guide doesn't need the bed.
- It gets the rest of the suite. - Oh, I guess.
Yeah, I guess.
Mom? You cooked?
No. Don't worry. It was Lorenzo.
- Thank God. - Yes, it was me.
- Hey! Come on. - Even you said, "Don't worry."
- Leave some for me, huh? - Mother-in-law.
- Always. - Thank you.
Okay, so try it. And tell me that you like it.
Okay for you? Okay.
Let's see.
I'm not nervous at all.
It is very good.
I feel like I'm diving with the roots, deep down in the ground.
Seriously, I like it.
This is actually excellent.
It's brilliant, Thomas. Really.
Congratulations.
- Thank you so much. - Thomas.
Come on.
- What? - Tell them.
Okay, it's a secret.
I really shouldn't tell you… but I'm gonna tell you,
I just learned today that we are one of the 12 finalists.
Bravissimo!
- Wow! - Of course you did.
To the hundred-year-old Counoise, and to Philippe!
And to a gold medal!
Yeah. We hope.
I'm so happy for you. Really.
- Are you coming to the final? - Of course I'll come.
Well, we need someone to embarrass us there.
Don't listen to him.
So, Georgia, how was it?
Tell us!
What?
What did I say?
You brought some?
Yes. I brought six bottles with me.
- Is this the mystery wine? - Yes.
I thought we should try it all together.
- So, surprise. - So exciting.
Yeah, I feel like Neil Armstrong before he first stepped on the moon.
I don't think he ever stepped in Georgia, but…
Thank you.
Whoa.
Wow.
You don't have to worry about the review on this one.
It's a very small family production
on a very small plot of land close to a monastery.
- The wine is mainly for the monks-- - I'm going to become a monk.
And for the family parties.
We should make a special edition for Georgia
and put this wine on the cover.
Fuck it.
This wine on the cover and then have 1,200 blank pages.
And the years after that,
no more Guide,
no more paintings,
no more music,
no more books…
just this wine.
Sorry, Thomas.
Your Counoise is excellent…
but this one…
I know.
It won't be here anymore next year.
Why?
They're cutting down the vines.
Complicated family history.
We tried to convince the owner,
but it didn't work.
We can't let this wine die.
It's impossible.
I know.
Boss, I didn't know you were back!
What is all of this?
All this arrived when you were away.
Did your trip to Europe go well?
Yes. Sort of.
Shall I give you a quick update on the most urgent matters?
We've received the selection from Artemis Domain…
They're waiting for your feedback on Château-Grillet 2022.
Also, you promised Mr. Lim from Singapore
to advise on his wine selection for the International Finance Council.
He is expecting your call.
And your editor needs you to validate some texts from your book.
The Château de la Liquière is waiting for your opinion
on the results from the cork tests.
You received some still wine samples
for the final blend of the Michel Genet Champagne.
You also have to respond to the Red restaurant in London--
Excuse me.
Could you find my mother's address? Her personal address.
Don't say it's for me. It's a surprise.
Sure.
Already up?
Yes.
I have appointments.
I have to go.
You don't have time for tea?
No, sorry, Mom.
- See you tonight? - Yes.
Thank you.
- Good morning, Madame Léger. - Good morning.
- Good morning, Madame Léger. Your badge. - Good morning.
- Thank you. - Follow me, please.
Mrs. Hertzborg is waiting for you.
Come in.
Thank you.
Thank you, Sophie.
Hi, Camille.
- Coffee? - Hi, Anita. No, I'm fine.
Thanks for seeing me.
I'm sorry for insisting, but it's really important.
I hope so!
I'm all ears.
You know how much I admire what you stand up for,
what you've managed to achieve with this contest
in a world where there's more marketing than conviction
regarding wine and the people who make it.
You're making me worried…
And I love your talent
for shaking up the rules and norms.
I know that the selection is done
but I want this wine to be presented in the final.
Oh, straight out.
Anita, believe me when I say
it's the most extraordinary wine I've ever tasted in my life.
My father thought the same, but he never managed to identify it.
But with Issei Tomine, we found it in Georgia.
But, soon, it won't exist anymore.
I'm sure it's an incredible story,
but there's no point.
The vines will all be destroyed at the end of the month.
If the wine is presented in the competition, it will win
- and the owner will abandon his plans. - And the Chassangre wine?
That's not enough of a chance for a medal for you?
The Chassangre wine will be successful anyway, whether it wins or not.
But this wine will be lost.
You truly are your father's daughter.
But the Légers don't make the rules here.
No, it's you.
And you decided that there wouldn't be a fixed number of finalists.
What's the point of that if you can't be flexible?
What's to stop you from adding another wine?
Ethics. If you know that word.
Ethics.
Wouldn't ethics mean saving a threatened treasure
rather than applying a rule?
You can put your bottle away.
Taste it. Taste it and then decide.
Please, just give me that.
And then you're planning on bribing the judges to give it a medal?
If the judges taste it, it will win.
Of course. No room for doubt.
I stand corrected, you're not like your father.
At least his arrogance didn't eclipse his intelligence.
My appointment is here.
Advertise your lost wine in your guide if you like it so much.
And if that's not enough to save it, well, the world will get over it.
Come in.
Hello, Anita.
Look who it is.
Camille.
- Are you okay? - She was just leaving.
I'll leave you with a man full of ethics.
This way, Luca.
- Did you know he was here? - Yes.
He's just bought the Clarencia group, which is a sponsor.
I thought you knew.
Well, no.
I didn't hear anything about him since he tried to steal my inheritance.
It makes me sick.
All these people make me sick. The competition is bullshit.
You know, I understand now why my father despised all of them.
I think you should let it go.
It's beautiful what you tried to do, but really, you are too involved.
You told me that we have to fight for this wine.
I meant it.
But we don't have the resources.
Despite what he was, my father would never have let this happen.
What would he have done?
What?
Hide that knife from me.
Camille and my favorite nephew, a double pleasure.
So, you found the wine.
Bravo, I'm impressed.
- I'm so flattered. - I mean it.
Your father and I looked for it for years.
We traveled across the planet. We thought we'd found it several times.
So, Georgia, Anita said.
We did actually look there.
Which region does it come from?
The Kura Valley?
You can tell me now.
You'll find out soon enough.
Have a nice day.
Camille, listen to me.
I know you're mad at me but you can't save this wine on your own.
We have to forget our little differences and work together.
Leave her alone.
Are you her bodyguard?
- So? - What?
Your father, what would he have done?
Forget it.
Come on, tell me.
Well, he would swap our wine with Tamar's.
And when he won, he would have said something like,
"I sacrificed my own wine to save an invaluable treasure.
That's been the Guide's mission from the start, blah, blah, blah."
You're not going to do that to Thomas.
Of course not! What's wrong with you?
I just said what I thought my father would've done.
Okay.
Otherwise…
Otherwise, what?
He would find another finalist and persuade them to do it.
No one would agree to that.
Yeah.
Anyway, we don't know the other finalists.
Yeah.
- Hey. - Hi. Did you sleep okay?
- You good? - Yes. How are you?
Good, good.
I've been looking for you everywhere.
- We have an appointment. We gotta go. - Yeah, sorry.
- We'll see you later. Okay. Bye. - Yeah, see you later.
See you later.
- Are you okay? - Yes, but why didn't you wait for me?
Sorry.
I woke up early because of the jet lag and you were fast asleep.
- Are you okay? - Yes.
Why?
Camille,
what happened in Georgia?
I told you.
- Everything? - Everything.
Muriel Delatouche wants to interview us in an hour.
Yeah. But if you don't feel like it--
No, I'll come.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
I'll be sweet as sugar.
We need to see something at the stand.
- Yes? - Good evening, Mrs. Kinu. It's Issei.
Good evening, Issei.
Your mother is not here.
Do you know when she'll be back?
No… She didn't say.
Would you like me to take a message?
No. I'll come back. Thank you.
I'm sorry, I got held up. It's lovely to see you again.
For me too.
I'm doing a short report on the competition
and I'm going to follow a few winemakers during the process.
Isn't Philippe Chassangre here?
No, my father and contests…
It's not his thing.
That's really a shame for this year's edition.
I mean, for your Counoise… No?
So, you know.
It was a dream.
A few years ago, my father and I talked a lot about it, so…
- My grandfather planted Counoise-- - I'm sorry, my mother got lost again.
I have to call her back.
- I'm sorry. I'll be back. - Okay.
How is it?
- What do you think? - Yes?
Walk away from Miyabi, please.
- Yes. - Look on your left.
- Do you see me? By the door? - Yes.
So, Delatouche is at the Chassangre stand. She knows that we're one of the finalists.
- Okay. - So, she must know the others.
And she's going to focus on them.
So if we follow her, we'll have the list.
I can't do it because I have to stay with Thomas.
Are you serious?
Yes.
Okay.
And once we've found a finalist, how are we going to convince them?
We'll see.
Okay, I just have to lose Miyabi.
Okay, Mom, I have to go. See you later.
It's gonna be hard for me. I'm busy right now.
Mr. Lopez, I'm Muriel Delatouche.
Nice to meet you.
Pleasure to meet you, sir.
I'm very pleased. With pleasure. That's what I'm here for.
Well, I'll leave you to it…
It goes well with a steak.
Bye.
See you soon. I have to go.
What are you doing?
Tasting wines.
Very good.
No, you've been following that journalist. Why?
I'm not following anyone.
I don't know what you're doing.
But I don't like it.
Come on. We have to go to the photo shoot.
- What, now? - Yes.
- Don't you want to eat too? - I'm not hungry.
You've lost weight.
Have you seen a doctor here?
No. But I'm fine now.
I'm sorry I left like that.
How's Camille?
Same as ever. Stubborn as hell.
You know…
I had a strange dream out there.
Maybe it was a vision.
Maybe because of the diving accident in fact.
It was the day that I almost drowned, you know.
In Okinawa.
But in the vision I had,
the memory…
I felt my mother's hands pressing me down.
She tried to teach you swimming and you slipped away.
She got you out of the water. She saved you.
No.
She was holding me under the water.
Stopping me from coming back up.
That's just a nightmare.
It's not what happened.
Are you sure it was an accident?
That's enough.
Come on, Dad.
Stop imagining things that never happened.
You don't know your mother.
Okay?
Sorry…
Miyabi dragged me to a photo shoot.
Anyway…
So, I just have a list of ten names.
- Okay. - Come in.
Oh, wow.
What?
Nothing.
So…
We have the Counoise de Chassangre, obviously.
Bodega Juan Lopez, Domaine Jean-Michel Gérin,
Domaine Montrozier, Caliber 12,
- Domaine T-Oinos Clos Stegasta-- - Wait, sorry.
Juan Lopez, from the Jerez de la Frontera?
Issei told me about this wine.
Yes, it's a Cinsault.
He is the only finalist who has no wine in the Guide.
He'd never agree.
Why?
Because he wants to show
that he's capable of making something else besides commercial wine.
It's the first time he's been selected in a major competition.
We need to convince him.
Okay.
How?
By making sure he gets the real recognition that he wants.
- Madame Léger. - Hello, Mr. Lopez.
- Hello. Hello, Mr. Inglese. - Hello.
- We heard a lot about your Cinsault. - Okay.
Apparently, it is out of this world. Can we taste it?
Yes, of course. With pleasure.
- Madame. - Thank you.
Thank you.
Issei Tomine was right.
It's very harmonious, with excellent phenolic ripeness.
It's a very interesting wine, Mr. Lopez.
Young, but very promising.
Yes, I agree.
We are in the finals.
Excuse me. I'm just… so happy.
His wine is in the finals.
We have an office on the second floor. Maybe you could come up?
Yes, of course.
Suite number six. In half an hour?
- Perfect. See you soon. - See you soon.
Hasta luego.
We need to go clean up your mess.
- Yes. - Wait, wait.
All good!
A present for you.
Thank you, Juan.
- Do you mind if I call you Juan? - Of course not.
Please, come in.
Welcome.
Please, sit down.
We'd love for your wine to be in the next edition of the Guide.
I'm very happy and very honored.
You're going to be swamped with requests.
You're going to have to sell on allocation.
We're here if you need any advice.
Thank you very much.
We're happy to be able to announce this…
but in fact we asked you here to discuss something else with you.
We'd like you to taste this wine and tell us what you think.
This is the wine that Issei Tomine was looking for, right?
Yes.
So he found it.
We found it, in Georgia.
How did you manage?
It would take too long to explain.
- Mr. Tomine isn't here? - He had to go back to Japan.
Sorry for asking these questions, but it seemed to be so important for him.
It is. For both of us.
Please, try it.
Mr. Tomine was right. This wine is incredible.
It has the texture of an old wine,
but it has the freshness and aromas of youth.
I will never be able to make a wine like this.
It's going to disappear.
What?
The owner wants to cut down the vines and build a golf course.
He can't do that.
We can save this wine, Juan, but we need your help.
Me?
If the wine wins the competition, the owner will stop the project.
Is he one of the finalists?
No.
And the list is closed.
That's why, if you agree,
we would like to replace your wine with this one at the competition.
You want me to enter bottles of this wine instead of mine in the competition?
Under my name?
Yes.
What makes you think I'll agree?
For everything you just said.
You know the value of a wine,
its history
and the work it involves.
You are one of the 12 finalists.
It's already a sign of recognition.
But you're not sure you'll win the competition.
If I say no, it won't be in the Guide?
No. It will be in there because it deserves to be.
But if you agree, you'll also be in the "Coups de cœur".
There are only three per year.
Think about it, Juan.
Your wine, on the menus of the greatest sommeliers,
next to Romanée-Conti.
I know what a sacrifice this is for you.
No, you don't. You have no idea.
He's going to do it.
Issei, your mother is not here.
Tell her I'll come back every day, until she agrees to see me.
She's not in town, so I don't think you need to bother for the next few days.
- Where did she go? - I don't know.
I'm sorry.
Understood. Thank you.
I'M COUNTING ON YOU TO DO YOUR SIDE OF THE DEAL.
ROOM 303. JUAN LOPEZ.
They've asked the speakers to come earlier. I gotta go.
I can't believe I agreed to speak in this panel.
Don't forget to put it in your bottle.
Thank you, Juan. It's wonderful, what you're doing--
We can't prevent climate change. It's already here.
But we can adapt. We must adapt.
I'm sorry, but pumping millions of liters from the rivers every year
is not adapting. It's escapism.
We're dealing with the reality!
Those are just words. Nothing but words.
What you're doing in Chassangre is great,
but not everyone can afford it.
If we can't irrigate, some estates will be gone in 20 years.
It's true that at Chassangre, we had the means to anticipate,
and I fully understand that it's not possible
for the smaller of those among us.
It's a money issue, you're right.
But above all, it's a willpower issue.
The will to fight,
the will to invest, to take risks,
to move what hasn't moved for hundreds of years,
to shake up old habits, even if it means upsetting people.
Even if you have to bang your fist on the table.
Because we can keep working the way we always have:
the same grape varieties, the same methods,
tradition, avoid changing anything.
Then, we're sure to hit the wall.
Or we can be bold and turn the table over.
Yes, it's difficult and scary, but it's either that or disappear.
Because our wines, all of them,
are in danger of dying. It's a fact.
Is there a chance to save them? Maybe.
Will there be a price to pay? No doubt, and it will be high.
Of course it's a gamble.
But if we're not ready to take risks,
then maybe we should change jobs. That's what I think.
Thank you, Camille.
One thing is certain, your vision of the future leaves no one indifferent.
- Does anyone want to react? - Yes, me.
It's all very well what Camille Léger says,
but I don't know what to do anymore,
because it's not just drought.
It's also winters that are too mild, too much rain at the wrong time,
mildew, powdery mildew, and all other parasites we didn't have before!
We get leafhoppers, spotted-wing drosophila,
those bastard moths, the nematode Xiphinema…
YOUR WINE IS COMPETING IN THE FIRST VINTAGE CONTEST.
AND IT'S GOING TO WIN. YOU NEED TO COME.