The official Colorado debut of the award-winning international film, The Duel of Wine, starring actor/sommelier/wine educator Charlie Arturaola.

Synopsis: Charlie fell from grace after starring in the film The Ways of Wine (Camino del Vino). The character he played, a “sommelier that lost his sense of taste,” become stuck to his image and brought his career to ruin. In “The Duel of Wine” His wife, Pandora, gets him a way back into the wine tasting world, but he must work behind the scenes as a “ghost taster” for a young and ambitious sommelier, Antonio Poncelis.

Thanks to Charlie’s palate Antonio quickly becomes one of the most promising young sommeliers in the world of wine. The professional couple of Antonio and Pandora are a hit in the big leagues, and they are called to participate in The Great Wine Duel, the “World Cup” for wine tasters. Charlie is frustrated and decides not to participate. After a fight with his wife, he leaves to tour the small towns of Europe. On his journey, he realizes that his sense of taste has become sharper than ever, and is so incredible that it seems to verge on the fantastic. After meeting with important personalities in the field of wine of the Old World, he devises a plan to win back his wife and his lost fame.

In Person: Charlie Arturaola