SOMM: Cup of Salvation

An expansive and provocative look into wine’s complex history, exploring the crossroads of wine, religion, politics, war and family. Interwoven in this account of wine’s ancient evolution is the incredible, current-day true story of an American winemaker’s dangerous journey back to her Armenian homeland to resurrect her family’s ancestral vines. In the process, they uncover the world’s next undiscovered great wine. From the birthplace of wine in the rugged, war-torn Caucasus Mountains, to an inside-look at Vatican archives, to the forbidden vineyards of the Iranian countryside, Cup of Salvation unearths the intriguing origins of our love affair with wine and how it continues to shape the human story.