ANDRÉ: THE ALCHEMIST OF WINE

8 × 52 min | Historical Drama | In Development
At the beginning of the 20th century, André Tchelistcheff is born into a prominent family in Imperial Russia and discovers the world of wine in Crimea. Revolution and war destroy the life he knows, sending him on an extraordinary journey through Europe — from soldier and refugee to a student of agricultural sciences in Czechoslovakia and, later, a postgraduate researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.

In 1938, Napa Valley visionary Georges de Latour brings André to California and entrusts him with a seemingly impossible mission: to help revive a wine industry devastated by Prohibition, disease and decades of decline.

Scientist and artist, teacher and innovator, André transforms the way wine is grown and made. His knowledge, vision and uncompromising pursuit of excellence influence generations of winemakers and help lay the foundations for Napa Valley’s rise to international greatness — culminating in the historic Judgment of Paris in 1976.

Throughout André’s extraordinary journey — from Imperial Russia and war-torn Crimea to Europe and the vineyards of California — a subtle thread of mysticism runs alongside his life. At decisive moments, unseen forces seem to guide him toward choices that will shape his destiny and ultimately change the world of wine. Never fully explained, this mysterious presence becomes an intimate part of André’s story, blurring the line between intuition, fate and something beyond.

ANDRÉ: THE ALCHEMIST OF WINE is an epic story of exile, survival, love, reinvention and destiny — the extraordinary journey of the man who helped transform California wine forever.

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