Apple’s new series Drops of God turns wine tasting into high-stakes drama
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6ARR4)
Tomohisa Yamashita and Fleur Geffrier in Drops of God. | Image: Apple Everything about Apple's newest streaming series is extreme - which you can probably tell since it's a show about wine with the overly dramatic title Drops of God. And yet it works. It takes what may seem like a niche subculture full of snobs and millionaires and turns it into a high-stakes thriller that constantly kept me on edge. I really can't believe how tense I got watching someone sniff a glass of red wine.
Loosely based on a manga of the same name, Drops of God is a story about family and competition. Things really kick off with a death. When world-renowned wine aficionado Alexandre Leger (Stanley Weber) passes away, he leaves behind an incredible inheritance: a cellar packed with 87,000 bottles widely believed to be the most...