Some of you that are interested in fine foods and local production might be interested in an up coming documentary on PBS.  Vintage: The Winemaker’s Year is a documentary about Virginia wines that airs Tuesday, October 5 at 8 pm and Thursday, October 7 at 9:30 pm on WCVE PBS.  Give it a look if it sounds interesting.  Below is the teaser:

“Vintage: The Winemaker’s Year” is a feature-length documentary exploring the rapid growth of the wine industry in Virginia and its increasing impact on the state’s cultural, social, and economic landscape. The film premieres on the Community Idea Stations in coordination with Virginia Wine Month.Filmed and presented in high definition widescreen format, the narrative of the film is comprised of two intertwining strands- the story of the wine industry’s rise from humble beginnings and the tale of the creation of the state’s 2008 vintage. Vintage is an observational style documentary with the players and places of the Monticello Wine Region in Central Virginia serving as its main characters.

The film examines the factors that make Virginia unique amongst the wine producing regions of the United States and explores why two hundred years after Thomas Jefferson’s failure to cultivate grapes at Monticello the region is finally flourishing as a producer of quality wines.

For any of you that haven’t seen this fascinating series about chef Jamie Oliver and his effort to change the broken eating habits of America, I highly recommend it. It is truly sad to see the detrimental effects that a broken food culture can have on health, education and communities. Its a six episode series available to watch on Hulu. http://www.hulu.com/jamie-olivers-food-revolution