Somm 3

Not nearly as good as the first 2 Somm movies. Felt like I just watched a 90 minute commercial pushing a Pinot Noir producer in Santa Barbara. How many times are they gonna fawn over Raj and his glorious vineyard.

Great trilogy. Bring on #4.

Wines featured: Top 3 Pinots chosen by Dustin Wilson's sommeliers group: 2015 "Champans" Volany 1er Cru by Marquis d'Angerville; 2014 "Bloom's Field" by Domaine de La Cote; Bachelet Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux 2015 Transformational wines of Jancis Robinson, Fred Dame & Steven Spurrier: Comte George de Vogue Les Amoureuses 1959, Ridge Montebello 1968, 1908 Cockburn Port. 1976 Judgement of Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_(wine)#The_wines Other mentions: By Farr Tout Prés Pinot Noir 2014; Lingua Franca Mimi's Mind Pinot Noir 2015; Chacra Cincuenta y Cinco Pinot Noir 2014

Major disappointment compared to the previous two. This movie is self-indulgent and deceptively and forcefully becomes a movie about how California Pinot Noir should be treated as seriously as Burgundy. I'd be fine with that if the movie was titled "The Judgemnt of California Pinot." A shame that the title of "Somm" is used as subterfuge to promote California Pinot. Why not name the title, "The Judgement of California Pinot?" Then there'd be no "Somm" rug to pull over the viewer's eyes.