
SYNOPSIS
Forget everything you thought you knew about wine. This isn’t just grapes and terroir—it’s about gunslingers, pioneers, immigrant dreamers, and bootleggers. America’s Winemakers is the first-ever documentary series to tell the sweeping, cinematic, and surprisingly wild history of how wine took root in the New World. From Leif Erikson’s discovery of wild grapes in Vinland to the Swiss winemaker who planted Kentucky’s first vineyard with Daniel Boone’s help… from Hungarian aristocrats smuggling vines across Europe to the Gallo brothers turning table wine into an empire… this is a story of ambition, risk, reinvention—and resilience. And yes, there’s drama: Prohibition nearly wiped it all out, yet the American wine industry came roaring back. Today, wine is produced in all 50 states, and the U.S. is now the world’s largest wine consumer. But almost no one knows how it happened. Told through sweeping cinematography, intimate interviews, and whimsical animated vignettes, America’s Winemakers is where Ken Burns meets John Wayne. This is not another Napa Valley travelogue. It’s a bold reimagining of the wine documentary: emotionally rich, visually daring, and rooted in history as thrilling as the frontier itself. Wine is a $375 billion global industry—and growing. Audiences are hungry for lifestyle and food content, but America’s Winemakers offers something more: a gripping, character-driven origin story with heart, history, and an untapped storytelling landscape.LIVE ACTION & ANIMATION STYLE
Striking visual storytelling paired with comedic timing balances grit and the spirit of adventure with moments of humor that often break the fourth wall—a combination never seen in highfalutin wine documentaries.
Animated sequences weave throughout the narrative, often combining with live action, adding a touch of whimsey to convey as sense of history, the passage of time, and the internal mental states of the characters.
Historic footage and photographs solidify time and place, and mark the advancement of time and technology to modern-day winemaking.




Striking visual storytelling paired with comedic timing balances grit and the spirit of adventure with moments of humor that often break the fourth wall—a combination never seen in highfalutin wine documentaries.

Animated sequences weave throughout the narrative, often combining with live action, adding a touch of whimsey to convey as sense of history, the passage of time, and the internal mental states of the characters.

Historic footage and photographs solidify time and place, and mark the advancement of time and technology to modern-day winemaking.
AUDIENCES

Wine Enthusiasts

Wine Tourists

American History Buffs

Foodies

Casual Viewers

Casual Wine Drinkers
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Gary Robins
Producer
Vine & Verse Media
451 S 328th St 17D
Federal Way, WA 98003
(206) 429-5540
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