#holiday in the vineyards

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Titles Releasing on Netflix This Week:

December 12th

Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only

Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team

December 13th

Holiday in the Vineyards

December 14th

Grand Theft Auto Trilogy (Netflix Games)

The Crown: The Final Season Part 2

Yu Yu Hakusho (Season 1)

December 15th

Carol & The End of the World

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Gran Turismo

Martin

December 16th

Neighbors

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Holiday in the Vineyards (2023)

"Is everyone a sexy wine spy?"

That's my favorite quote from this whole movie. I'm going to be up front here, this movie could not keep my attention. I started and stopped it several times before making it all the way through. Also, the ending did not pack the punch I felt like it needed to.

Carter Baldwyn (Josh Swickard) is the playboy son of Margo Baldwyn (Eileen Davidson), CEO of Baldwyn Wines. Margo is sick of Carter's immature and reckless behavior, so she sends him on a mission to Los Santos to get information about the Huckabee Farms Vineyard that is for sale there, but she doesn't want anyone to know he's there representing Baldwyn Wines because she doesn't want to end up in a bidding war. So, Carter shows up in a tiny yellow Fiat with no plan or backstory ready and meets Valentina Espinoza (Sol Rodriguez) in the middle of a sales pitch. He pretends to be a tourist, so he leaves and meets her sons Santiago (Carlos Solórzano) and Fernando (Julian Rangel) and plays with them until Valentina comes out. Carter makes up some story about why he is in town and says he's staying at a motel. Valentina says the motel is pretty rough, but since he's a carpenter (per his fabricated story), he can stay in her guest cottage and fix it up for her while he's there as rent (she already bought the supplies for it, so he doesn't have to do that). Carter agrees because Valentina is the realtor selling the vineyard but also maybe the owner? That was confusing to me.

Anyway, during Carter's stay, he meets Moe Walker (Omar Gooding) from the hardware store who offers to help him with the renovations. Also frequently around is Valentina's best friend Cindy (Carly Jibson) who is frankly the only interesting character in this movie. Through context clues, we find out that Valentina and Cindy met because their late husbands were going through cancer treatment at the same time, which is actually very cool and interesting, but no, let's worry about the wine. Ugh. So Carter bonds with everyone and learns about the local garagiste community in Los Santos and falls in love with all of it. He tries to talk Margo out of making a bid for the vineyard, but unfortunately for him, he already gave her the information she needed.

The lead actor was in another movie about buying a vineyard that I watched in previous years (I want to say 2 years ago, but it could have been longer) so is that the only character he plays? Rich playboy looking to buy a struggling vineyard? I'm not a big wine drinker, so the wine aspect generally does very little for me anyway. I did enjoy the music, though it's not super noticeable. I do think the lead actors had chemistry because they're both ridiculously hot, but I wouldn't say that this movie allowed for anyone to show off any acting skills of note. Overall, 2 stars.

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Holiday in the Vineyards • Director Alex Ranarivelo

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Holiday in the Vineyards Movie Review

Can a mother of two, striving to save a local vineyard from the clutches of a big business she despises, find herself falling for the charming playboy heir? Read our review of "Holiday in the Vineyards" starring Josh Swickard and Sol Rodriguez.

⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 5. So the romance was weak in this wine-themed film, but a lot of other ingredients make this familiar sounding tale an interesting holiday watch. Josh Swickard plays wealthy brat Carter Baldwyn, who wastes away his time with women, contributes little to a successful family business, and has his mother saved as “The Bank” on his phone. So when his mom sends him on a mission…

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Travel poster for Beaujolais, France (c. 1960). Artwork by Frederic Kuhlmann.

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Sol Rodriguez | Holiday in the vineyard LA premiere

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In highkey love when there’s an actor/actress that stars in a holiday romance (or rom coms in general I guess) and then they just start doing that like every other year for a while until they have a whole bunch of holiday romances with this one recurring person

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CHRISTMAS on Old Cape Cod

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Cycling through Korčula's countryside

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📍South Africa - continued

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Holiday Gifts for the Wine and Spirits Lover

So much goes into finding the perfect holiday gift for your friends and loved ones. Of course, a bottle of wine or a favorite liquor is well received by any wine and spirits lover, however, even finding that perfect bottle can be challenging when you really want the gift to be special. We have been tasting our way through high-end selections and everyday options, finding the perfect gifts for…

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