The renowned Collio hills and their wines at the centre of an international docu series. Last Thursday at the municipal theatre in Cormòns (Gorizia), winemakers from the Consorzio di Tutela Vini Collio (Consortium for the Protection of Collio's wines) enjoyed the preview of “Harvest 2020 – In Vino Humanitas” by Italian filmmaker Maurizio Gigola. It's the first episode of “Wine Odissey”, a TV series conceived as a modern Ulysses' journey around the world, exploring the lands of wines: from countries flaunting thousands-year old wine traditions to the very recent winemaking hotspots. “Harvest 2020” is the first season and was shot during the 2020 grape harvest, a crucial one, just after the first worldwide Covid-19 lockdown: it consists of six episodes filmed in Italy, Greece, Georgia, Germany, France and California.
The debut is dedicated to Italy and stars the Collio hills and Friuli Venezia Giulia. The video features many local winemakers and focuses also on the territory as a whole, talking about its very peculiar nature and landscapes, its long-standing winemaking tradition, its history and arts. “Wine Odissey” is supported by Friuli's tourist agency PromoTurismoFVG, Ca' del Bosco and Honda. The documentary is a very unexpected chance to put on display the Collio area worldwide, as the series will be showcased at international festivals and then broadcast via TV streaming networks. The next episodes will feature another Italian region, Liguria, and Greece.
The debut is dedicated to Italy and stars the Collio hills and Friuli Venezia Giulia. The video features many local winemakers and focuses also on the territory as a whole, talking about its very peculiar nature and landscapes, its long-standing winemaking tradition, its history and arts. “Wine Odissey” is supported by Friuli's tourist agency PromoTurismoFVG, Ca' del Bosco and Honda. The documentary is a very unexpected chance to put on display the Collio area worldwide, as the series will be showcased at international festivals and then broadcast via TV streaming networks. The next episodes will feature another Italian region, Liguria, and Greece.
About the director, Maurizio Gigola
The final goal of “Harvest 2020” and “Wine Odyssey” is to describe the relationship between men and wine, a story that's been going on since twelve thousand years ago and shaped cultures, myths and legends, from ancient Greece and Rome up till now. A topic highly fascinating for director and producer Maurizio Gigola, who started his carrier in Milan back in the late 1970's and now spends time both in Italy and in San Francisco (USA), where he studied at the Academy of Arts. His international experience led him to conceive and direct “The Great Italian”, a docufilm on the life of Gualtiero Marchesi, Italy's most acclaimed chef: his restaurant was the first one in the country to be awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide, in 1985, and he also gave them back in 2008 as he thought he no longer needed to prove his talent to anyone. The documentary was screened in 2017, and that same year Marchesi passed away.
Gigola thinks of himself as a storyteller, and he's currently developing a project of a cross-media platform about Italian identities.
Cover photo taken from "Wine Odyssey" official Facebook page
The final goal of “Harvest 2020” and “Wine Odyssey” is to describe the relationship between men and wine, a story that's been going on since twelve thousand years ago and shaped cultures, myths and legends, from ancient Greece and Rome up till now. A topic highly fascinating for director and producer Maurizio Gigola, who started his carrier in Milan back in the late 1970's and now spends time both in Italy and in San Francisco (USA), where he studied at the Academy of Arts. His international experience led him to conceive and direct “The Great Italian”, a docufilm on the life of Gualtiero Marchesi, Italy's most acclaimed chef: his restaurant was the first one in the country to be awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide, in 1985, and he also gave them back in 2008 as he thought he no longer needed to prove his talent to anyone. The documentary was screened in 2017, and that same year Marchesi passed away.
Gigola thinks of himself as a storyteller, and he's currently developing a project of a cross-media platform about Italian identities.
Cover photo taken from "Wine Odyssey" official Facebook page
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