Mondovino

Mondovino
Directed by	Jonathan Nossiter
Written by	Jonathan Nossiter
Produced by	Jonathan Nossiter Emmanuel Giraud
Starring	Robert Parker Michel Rolland
Distributed by	THINKFilm
Release dates	May 14, 2004 (2004-05-14) (Cannes) March 23, 2005 (2005-03-23) (New York City)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English, French

Mondovino (Italian: World of Wine) is a 2004 documentary film on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions written and directed by American film maker Jonathan Nossiter. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival^[1] and a César Award.

The film explores the impact of globalization on the various wine-producing regions, and the influence of critics like Robert Parker and consultants like Michel Rolland in defining an international style. It pits the ambitions of large, multinational wine producers, in particular Robert Mondavi, against the small, single estate wineries who have traditionally boasted wines with individual character driven by their terroir.

Mondovino was originally intended to be a two-month affair as a break between feature projects upon the completion of Nossiter's film Signs and Wonders (2000). The film gave Nossiter a chance to utilize his knowledge as a trained sommelier from his time working at Balthazar in New York as well as an opportunity to visit some of the great wine regions of the world.