{"id":15803,"date":"2023-07-12T18:43:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/?p=15803"},"modified":"2023-07-12T18:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:57:18","slug":"drops-of-god-the-cult-wine-manga-turned-successful-apple-tv-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/drops-of-god-the-cult-wine-manga-turned-successful-apple-tv-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Drops of God, the cult wine manga turned successful Apple TV+ series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drops of God, Apple TV+’s new hit series, is as fascinating as it is surprising. With its origins in a Japanese manga, the series tells the story of two people competing for a multimillion-dollar wine collection. A scenario tailor-made to appeal to wine lovers… but not only!<\/p>\n

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In 2004<\/strong>, Weekly Morning<\/strong> magazine published its first manga about wine. Written by Tadashi Agi<\/strong> and drawn by Shu Okimoto<\/strong>, it told the unusual story of a Japanese man forced to become an expert in oenology in order to appropriate his late father’s vast and expensive wine collection. 19 years later, a series produced by Apple TV+<\/strong> took up the same story and enjoyed worldwide success. Anecdotal? Yet there’s a reason why Drops of God<\/strong> received a 100% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 96% score from users who watched it.<\/p>\n

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French actress Fleur Geffrier<\/strong> co-stars with Japanese actor Tomohisa Yamashita<\/strong> in this eight-episode series. She plays Camille L\u00e9ger<\/strong>, a young woman who must master and correctly identify the properties of thirteen wines in order to inherit the multi-million euro collection of her recently deceased father. Opposite her, Yamashita plays Issei Tomine<\/strong>, a renowned young oenologist from Tokyo and the spiritual son of Camille’s father. The latter has been offered the same opportunity to win these precious wines. The duo engage in a tense duel of the senses, as Camille realizes that she possesses exceptional taste and smell abilities and can rival Issei’s wine expertise.<\/p>\n

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