Media Guide Gunpowder & Sky Presents: THREE DAYS of GLORY

Three Days of Glory Media Guide Gunpowder & Sky Presents: THREE DAYS OF GLORY A feature documentary film Run time: 72 minutes Started: May 2016 Completed: March 2018 Premiere: Newport Beach Film Festival April 2018 Booking Contact: Kyle Greenberg [email protected] Publicity Contact: Carmen Irabien [email protected] Production Contact: Scott Wright [email protected] 503.679.6233 THE FILM A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE WORLD’S GREATEST WINE CELEBRATION IN THE MOST STORIED WINE REGION DURING THE MOST BRUTAL YEAR The hills of Burgundy are covered in aficionados converge on the sleepy heart legendary vineyards, pristinely mani- of Burgundy wine country for three days cured, tiny parcels rooted in the planet’s of raucous celebration. A series of events most exclusive soils. The wine growers like no other, Les Trois Glorieuses (The are hardworking, humble vignerons who Three Days of Glory) brings an eccen- work in awe of the vines they farm. tric collection of connoisseurs together around mind-blowing meals and an un- On April 27, 2016, a brutal frost devas- thinkable range of the greatest wines on tates Burgundy. Some of the producers the planet. lose 90 percent or more of their crop before the year has even begun. Still, This film takes the first ever, all-access they press on with the stubborn courage look at everything that goes into this forged by grit and generations of humil- extraordinary festival. We explore never ity before the spiritual gift of the terroir, before filmed events and follow a colorful their soil and landscape, that produces cast of vignerons throughout the brutal the most stunning wines on the planet. 2016 season as they prepare for the celebration. We’ll learn about the food, wines And each November, this reeling wine and personalities that make Burgundy region will explode with color and dec- the epicenter of the wine world and the adence as winemakers, chefs, writers, Three Days of Glory the pinnacle of wine critics, industry legends, foodies and celebration. FILMMAKERS Scott Wright David Baker Scott was bitten by the wine David is a filmmaker and bug as a teenager, tasting his writer whose fascination with first Burgundy, a bottle of wine began with a chance legendary 1959 La Tâche in train stop in the Burgundi- the 1970s. But a fascination an town of Beaune. Taking with student radio in high a “vineyard safari tour” on school sidetracked him into a a whim, he found himself long and successful career in standing in a “clos” or ancient the music business, where he stone-walled vineyard feeling filled such roles as the coun- something electric in the soil try’s most-listened-to radio beneath his feet. personality and a marketing executive for a range of re- From that moment on, he cording artists from Michael Jackson to Pearl Jam. was hooked. He studied winemaking, worked on vineyard crews, planted vines in his yard and made mediocre pinot noir in his But his passion for wine called him back to his roots. He founded garage. But he soon learned what fascinated him most about Scott Paul Wines in 1999, and while growing his small winery wine wasn’t the process, but the people who made it. This led to also became managing director of Domaine Drouhin Oregon. his first film, American Wine Story, and his acclaimed novel Vin- He went on to launch Caveau Selections, a specialty importer of tage, published by Simon and Schuster in 2015, which was called exclusive Burgundies and Champagnes, which he runs “spellbinding” by the Library Journal and hailed as a “best wine with his wife Martha in Portland, Oregon. book of the year” by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Scott now spends 2-3 months per year in France scouring the David also makes science-based documentaries at Oregon State hillsides and cellars in Burgundy and Champagne, looking for the University, where his most recent feature film is Saving Atlantis, most exciting wines to bring back to America, and annually leads co-directed and produced with Justin Smith. Insider’s Tours for customers. THE EVENTS The four key events featured in Three Days of Glory have never been filmed together before. They include old Burgundian tra- ditions and an exclusive private bacchanal that draws the most intrepid wine collectors from around the globe. La Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Clos de Vougeot An exclusive dinner at the headquarters for the world’s most elite drinking society, the Chevaliers du Tastevin, or the Knights of the Tasting Cup. New members are inducted at the beginning of a massive meal served in an ancient winery built by monks in the 1200s, in the heart of legendary Grand Cru vineyards. Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction The world’s oldest charity wine auction in the Burgundian wine capitol of Beaune, where the results are seen as a gauge for wine prices the coming year. The auction takes place in the midst of an annual wine celebraton marking the end of the harvest. Paulée de Meursault This party grew out of the traditional “paulées” or celebrations that mark the end of harvest. Now it’s a seven-hour lunch where the winegrowers of Meursault and their guests from around the world bring treasured bottles to share for a wine- and song-soaked lunch that takes place over seven hours in the cellars of the Chateau du Meursault. Burgundy Friends Paulée This private event carries on below the streets of Beaune in cellars that date back to the Romans. Hosted by Domaine Drouhin, it draws the biggest wine nerds and most exclusive collectors from around the globe who share bottles and dine on the cre- ations of a three-star chef. THE PEOPLE Thiébault Huber Dominique Lafon Domaine Huber-Verdereau Comtes Lafon Volnay Meursault Patrick Essa Caroline Parent-Gros Domaine Buisson-Charles Domaine A-F Gros Meursault Beaune Fabio Montrasi Christine Monamy Chateau des Rontets BIVB Fuissé Beaune Thierry Violot-Guillemard Mike Stephens Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard VinsDivins Pommard Beaune Joannès Violot-Guillemard Aubert de Villaine Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Pommard Vosne-Romanée Véronique Drouhin Jean-Michel Loraine Maison Joseph Drouhin La Côte Saint Jacques Beaune Joigny Allen Meadows burghound.com California and Burgundy About Burgundy Burgundy is a wine region in France that lies roughly between the cities of Dijon and Lyon about three hours by car from Paris. It’s only slightly larger than the Napa Valley in California, but it’s been producing wines that were winning international acclaim long before Thomas Jefferson became obsessed with them. What makes Burgundy’s wines so fascinating? Why have there been countless books written and films made about the region? Maybe it’s the history, the fact that the Romans first planted vineyards here two millenea ago, storing their wine in the very cellars we take you inside during the course of the film. Maybe it’s the centuries of painstaking work that the monks invested in trial and error. Hundreds of years of experiments led to them ultimately choos- ing the grape varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, which proved to be best-suited for the region’s fickle weather and the best vehicles to express Burgundy’s unique and complex terroir. And then these same monks spent more centuries dividing the region up into a patchwork of named vineyards, each little square producing a distinct flavor profile from the block just next to it from the same varieties. For us, the most fascinating aspect of Burgundy is that it is a place where humble farmers of relatively modest means can make wines that turn the heads of tycoons and aficionados, and how very beauti- ful...and fragile... the culture of these vignerons has become. Credits DIRECTORS Scott Wright David Baker PRODUCERS Scott Wright David Baker ASSOC. PRODUCERS Taylor McCammon Joy McCammon Victor G. Petroff EDITING David Baker CINEMATOGRAPHY David Baker Truen Pence Brooke Budy ORIGINAL SCORE David Szesztay COLOR Justin Smith SOUND David Baker TITLES & ANIMATION Oliver Day PHOTOS Archives Municipale de Beaune Maison Joseph Drouhin Domaine Huber-Venrdereau Domaine Thierry Violot-Guillemard Chateau des Rontets Library of Congress threedaysofglory.com © 2018 Wise Rabbit Productions, LLC All Rights Reserved.

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