It's not often that French movie circles and French wine circles are buzzing about the same thing. But "Mondovino," Jonathan Nossiter's documentary about the globalization of wine, has movie critics here (in France) reaching for superlatives and some wine experts lobbing expletives, while audiences have turned the movie into a surprise hit. Kristin Hohenadel reports in the New York Times (free subscription required to view full article).

