The film leaves us with some frustrating lingering questions about who Rudy Kurniawan really was, although the journey is no less enjoyable for it.

| May 6, 2020

Hilarious, fascinating and undeniably entertaining doc.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2020

Paced like a thriller with aromatic notes of journalistic intrigue, Sour Grapes is a finely balanced blend.

| May 6, 2020

Sour Grapes is a thought provoking documentary that will certainly make you want a glass of wine, if nothing else.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2020

A fine blend of incisive reporting and lively storytelling.

| May 6, 2020

Swirling with the rich colour of intrigue and displaying the strong legs of investigative journalism, Sour Grapes is a film that one savors.

| May 6, 2020

In wine, human greed found an unregulated commodity and a means of garnering huge returns. It also paved the way for opportunists to abuse the system for their own gain.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2019

Sour Grapes is an absorbing documentary that feels like a drama as the story unravels.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2019

For two documentary film directors to shy away from probing into major international crime and corruption leaves this, at base, more than a little sour.

| Aug 9, 2018

Sour Grapes is a tasty wine documentary with a hint of impertinence.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2016

The result is a sparkling, cheeky delight.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2016

An artful piece of schadenfreude, in which the uniquely obnoxious, wine-swirling rich are bamboozled, embarrassed and jailed.

| Nov 9, 2016

Sour Grapes tells how wine stopped being a drink and became a tradable commodity in the madness of bull markets.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2016

It's an extraordinary story, but although the crime and its fallout are rigorously dissected, Kurniawan remains a frustratingly elusive character throughout.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2016

More intriguing than expected, and you'll be gasping for a glass of red afterwards.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 16, 2016

A full-bodied, highly quaffable documentary.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2016

This heady and very entertaining documentary is the cautionary tale of a con artist who tricked wine experts into spending fortunes on rare vintages which weren't at all what they seemed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2016

[A] highly entertaining documentary ...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 15, 2016

A corking story, told with a good amount of sparkle.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 13, 2016

A fascinating, if not whole satisfying forensic examination of a seemingly unbelievable fraud.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2016