BALTIMORE, MD –
An exciting new Wine Cellar Stories Productions documentary, filmed, edited and directed entirely by Chrisa Giorgi premiered on Amazon Prime.
The feature-length documentary film “In the Wine Dark Sea” aims to demystify Crete as a winemaking region and offers a rare insider glimpse into the indigenous grape varieties, the people behind them and the challenges they are facing with the imminent climate change.
Through a colorful mosaic of stories the viewer travels in the vineyards found in the valleys and the mountains of Crete and discovers the secrets of eleven indigenous grape varieties, and learns the winemaking philosophy of eleven passionate producers. Then the viewer travels to the USA to discover how to pair the wines with international cuisine and hear how wine experts perceive the wines of Crete as they taste them for the first time.
The goal of this documentary is to empower wine consumers and wine students to explore wines off the beaten path and discover a new wine region that is not mentioned in the popular wine books. By doing so, this film aims to put Crete on the global wine map.
The film features Professor Emeritus Manolis Stavrakakis and Master of Wine Konstantinos Lazarakis along with eleven expert voices from the wine industry: Wine-growers, Oenologists, Wine-makers, Sommeliers, University Professors, Chefs, wine critics and Masters of Wine.
The director of “In the Wine Dark Sea” said that it is an honor to share the documentary through Amazon Prime, one of the most prestigious platforms in the country and she is humbled by the opportunity to share her film with the international movie and wine community.

“Crete’s wines carry the honesty and passion of their makers, and have the power to transport you to Crete from the first sip”, said filmmaker Chrisa Giorgi.
“In the Wine Dark Sea” is a return to the roots of one of the oldest winemaking regions in the world, once cultivated by the ancient civilization of the Minoans. Follow a journey through time, in the steps of Homer to discover “the island called Crete, in the midst of the wine dark sea”.
“My inspiration for this documentary started when as a wine student, I realized that Crete isn’t mentioned in any wine education related books, as a wine producing region. That surprised me, because I knew the wines of Crete, to be of high quality. I knew it because I was born and raised there, and my family had vineyards, which gave me some experience in harvesting”, Chrisa Giorgi noted.
In the Wine Dark Sea is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. For more information look at www.winecellarstories.com