Happy Holidays from Robert Parker The Wine Advocate and Michelin Group!

Please join us for a personal virtual screening of the award winning documentary André - The Voice of Wine.

Robert Parker and Michelin Group were proud to hold the London and New York premieres and now we are delighted to share with you this cinematic story of one of Napa's most respected winemakers and mentors, André Tchelistcheff .

Erin Brooks of Robert Parker's Wine Advocate wrote:

Last week in London, I had the chance to sit in on a screening of Mark Tchelistcheff’s first feature-length documentary about the life of his granduncle André Tchelistcheff. Was it the glass of Beaulieu Vineyard Chardonnay I was sipping, or the dreary weather in London? Was it the film’s beautiful music by composer Alexei Aigui, recorded in André’s homeland at the Moscow Film Studios, brooding and soulful, that moved me to tears? Maybe it was the faces of the winemakers in the audience, lit by the screen, watching with recognition scenes from André’s—and the modern wine world’s—life. Andre The Voice of Wine was profoundly inspiring and moving, especially as Robert Parker Wine Advocate celebrates its 40th anniversary—the trajectory of this publication and of André’s career follow much the same path. (Click to See the article here.)

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An epic journey of an extraordinary man who changed the world of wine forever.

“André Tchelistcheff first caught the world’s attention in 1976, when a blind tasting competition held by a panel of France’s most glorified oenophiles produced a shocking result: Two California wines – Miljenko Grgich’s 1973 Chardonnay [Chateau Montelena] and Warren Winiarski’s 1972 Cabernet [Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars] – both made using Tchelistcheff’s methods, took top honors for the best white and best red.”

The Hollywood Reporter

The award winning film André The Voice of Wine, narrated by BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes, is about one of the founding fathers of American wine, a globally influential wine personality and the force behind the California winners of the 1976 “Judgment of Paris” - the true back story of the film Bottle Shock.

A cinematic love letter about a modest, uncompromising man's journey from his earliest connection with vineyards in pre-revolutionary Russia to his rise to the pinnacle of wine culture in Europe and the United States. André Tchelistcheff was born into an aristocratic family in Moscow, remarkably survived the upheaval of the Russian revolution and civil war, then studied wine making in France. In 1938 the owner of Beaulieu Vineyard lured him to California's Napa Valley, where his professionalism, knowledge of science, dedication to innovation, the depth and breadth of his multi-cultural background along with his unmatched palate helped move the American wine industry from a virtually moribund state after the repeal of prohibition on to its post-war renaissance. For over five decades, Andre worked with numerous wineries that together helped establish the American wine industry. His philosophy of life and his love for wine continue to influence generations of wine makers throughout the world.

Film director, and André’s grandnephew, Mark Tchelistcheff, has spent the better part of a decade creating a film that chronicles the extraordinary life of his uncle André. Mark has assembled an illustrious team of filmmakers including multiple Academy Award winner Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) whose poignant directorial advice helped shape the film, crisp editing from BAFTA winner Michael Chandler (Amadeus, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg, Mishima in Four Parts) and a stirring original score from award winning composer Alexei Aigui (I'm Not Your Negro, Le Petit Poucet, Moloch Tropical).