Chateau Chunder: A Wine Revolution
How the Aussies took on the world of wine - and won.
Electric Pictures
Brook Lapping Productions
Synopsis
Chateau Chunder is a witty and entertaining documentary that tells the recent history of Australian wine, revealing how a small group of enterprising Australian winemakers took on the elitist world of wine … and won. Full of amusing anecdotes and fascinating insights, we see how changing the way Aussie wine was made and marketed transformed it from ridicule – ‘not for drinking but for laying down and avoiding’ – into an extraordinary international success story.
Photo credit Ash Charlton
Filmed and Post Produced in Western Australia
on the Traditional Country of the Yamatji Badimia, Yamatji Nanda & Noongar Whadjuk peoples
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Production Information
Writer & Director
Stephen Oliver
Executive Producers
Andrew Ogilvie
Andrea Quesnelle
Phil Craig
Line Producer
Rose Grandile-Pizzi
Narrator
Andrew Hansen
Director of Photography
Ian Batt
Editor
Lawrie Silvestrin
Composer
Ash Gibson Greig
Sound Recordist
Ash Charlton
Director’s Attachment
Ingrid Longley
Researchers
Greg Colgan
Natasha Harris
Director of Photography – Drama
Jim Frater
Art Department
Rainer Kosok
Makeup Artist
KT Crocker
Sound Editor and Mix
Ric Curtin
Graphics and Animation
Kingdom of Ludd
Key Locations
Margaret River, Western Australia
Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Magill, South Australia
Rhone Valley, France
London, England
Distributors
Parthenon Entertainment
EP Independent
History is Red and White
“Chateau Chunder is a light-hearted romp through the history of one of our great achievements.”
“It celebrates the determination and ingenuity of our winemakers who took on the world in what is a very competitive industry and won. Watch it and you’ll learn something about Australian wine that you didn’t know… but you don’t need to be a wine buff to enjoy it. Nor do you necessarily need to be Australian. It’s a universal story of triumph over adversity which will entertain viewers everywhere.”
– Andrew Ogilvie, Executive Producer
Photo credit Luke Gribble
Photo credit Ash CharltonBarrel-Aged Celluloid
“I doubt there are many filmmakers who would not want to make a film about wine.”
“As I discovered during this project, filmmakers and winemakers share many similar traits. Both disciplines require a balance of technical skill and artistic sensibility. Both are committed to producing something special that will provide pleasure and stimulate discussion. And both are used to hurdling a constant barrage of obstacles in the pursuit of their goal. Many winemakers said to me “you cannot make great wine without a struggle”, and I would argue that the same is true of filmmaking.”
– Steven Oliver, Writer and Director
Production Gallery
Luke Gribble
Ian Batt
Ian Batt
Ingrid Longley
Ash Charlton
Ash Charlton
Ash Charlton
Ash Charlton
Ian Batt
Ash Charlton
Ian Batt