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201482 minNot Rateddocumentary

6.2/ 10(6 ratings)• TMDB

Food Sustainability

Natural Resistance

201482 minNot Rateddocumentary

6.2/ 10(6 ratings)• TMDB

A decade after his previous film, wine expert Jonathan Nossiter returns to France to examine the struggles of alternative Italian wine growers.

Food Sustainability

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Jonathan Nossiter

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A decade after his previous film, wine expert Jonathan Nossiter returns to France to examine the struggles of alternative Italian wine growers.

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Jonathan Nossiter

Jonathan Nossiterdirector

Corrado Dottoricast

Elena Pantaleonicast

Gianluca Farinellicast

Giovanna Tiezzicast

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Jonathan Nossiter walks through vineyards in Italy, connecting with alternative wine growers. His 2014 documentary, Natural Resistance, revisits the wine industry a decade after Mondovino. It reveals that the DOC association favors large-scale producers over independent vintners. Nossiter shows how strict regulations threaten organic farming. Wealthy foreigners buy old vineyards as summer homes, adding to the tension between tradition and commercialization in wine production.

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