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SOMM TV is a food and wine streaming network launched in 2019. [1]

The network shows original films, such as SOMM, SOMM: Into the Bottle, SOMM 3, and The Delicacy as well as original series productions and educational content. [2] [1] [3] [4] It also shows licensed wine and food content such as Bottle Shock and Supersize Me . [4]

Verticals, which features vintages that defined a winery or winemaker, premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival in fall 2019. [3] In 2021 the service released a documentary titled Verticals: Lafite Rothschild . [5] The program is narrated by Éric and Saskia de Rothschild. [5]

In April 2020, the documentary A Chef's Voyage, which had been slated for a traditional release, instead premiered on SOMM with rental fees going to the LEE Initiative's Restaurant Workers Relief Program to support those laid off because of the COVID pandemic. [6]

In 2021 it released a new reality TV competition show, Sparklers. [7] It was nominated for a 2022 James Beard Foundation Award in the Reality or Competition Visual Media category.[ citation needed ] Production was set to begin on a second season in spring 2023 with Joel McHale as a guest judge. [8]

In February 2022, it premiered Saving The Restaurant, which followed Colorado restaurateur Bobby Stuckey as he tried to help restaurants avoid closure during the pandemic. [9] When Stuckey's own restaurants close, Stuckey helped form the Independent Restaurant Coalition. [10]

In June 2022 it premiered The Whole Animal. [11] It won a James Beard Award in 2023 in the Visual Media - Long form category. [12]

In July 2022 it released Auction Lot 288, the story of the world's most expensive Champagne, featuring a bottle of 1874 Perrier-Jouët. [13] [14]

The Oldest Vine was released in December 2022 [15] and tells the story of a more than 200 year old vine, still producing wine in Los Angeles at Mission San Gabriel. [16]

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  2. ↑ "Video: Sneak Peek Trailer for The Delicacy, Premiering on Somm TV May 7". LA Weekly . 2020-04-20. Archived from the original on 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  3. 1 2 "Ninth Annual Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Film Line-Up". Napa Valley Film Festival . October 10, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 1 2 Lander, Jess (October 7, 2019). "Food and drink streaming service SommTV launched". Decanter . Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Donnelly, Matt (2021-06-08). "Lafite Rothschild Documentary Coming to Somm TV". Variety . Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  6. ↑ "Looking to Help the Restaurant Community? Armchair Travel to France in a New Doc Featuring Manresa Chef David Kinch". Forbes . Archived from the original on 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Makers of hit film SOMM launch reality TV show". The Drinks Business . 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Hailu, Selome (2022-09-28). "Wine Pairing Competition Series 'Sparklers' Renewed for Season 2 at Somm TV with Joel McHale as Guest Judge (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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  13. ↑ "Somm TV to Debut 'Auction Lot 288' Exploring World's Most Expensive Champagne". Variety . July 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
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