Follow the journey of an artistic wanderer into a winemaking entrepreneur in Georgia. John Wurdeman, a jovial painter from Virginia, traveled thousands of miles to the south Caucuses in pursuit of polyphonic songs and the good life. One day, a man on a tractor rolled up to his home and gave him a patch of land that changed his life.
This is a character portrait of John Wurdeman who became Georgia’s de facto natural wine ambassador. We trace his fascinating journey from Virginia to Georgia and how his love for Georgia’s ancient wine history and rich culinary traditions led him to become one of the pioneers of the natural wine movement in Georgia.
Researched, Filmed and Edited for VOA’s 52 Documentry series that provides intimate portraits of every day characters and documents stories from little known and heard of places, empowering viewers to engage with the world in new ways.
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