7.2 stars.
The characters stay true to their personalities in this second go round of the Vineyard series. First of all this is mainly about a bunch of vineyard and pastry entrepreneurs and friends mingling and aspiring to be better business owners. There is a lot of potentially exciting material like trying wines, doing business, routine pet alpaca interactions, and some minor conflicts amongst the two leads. The last 30 minutes is great, the first 90 minutes is a very very long introduction in preparation for the final scenes. While the film itself is somewhat entertaining, it starts off slow. This tends to happen with movies that come in threes. The writers and directors tend to slack off when they have 6 hours of story to work with, and so they insert some unwanted filler. It's not quite as good as the first one for me, probably due to the lack of rivalry and drama between families. She is more neurotic and he is less savvy in this sequel.
The characters stay true to their personalities in this second go round of the Vineyard series. First of all this is mainly about a bunch of vineyard and pastry entrepreneurs and friends mingling and aspiring to be better business owners. There is a lot of potentially exciting material like trying wines, doing business, routine pet alpaca interactions, and some minor conflicts amongst the two leads. The last 30 minutes is great, the first 90 minutes is a very very long introduction in preparation for the final scenes. While the film itself is somewhat entertaining, it starts off slow. This tends to happen with movies that come in threes. The writers and directors tend to slack off when they have 6 hours of story to work with, and so they insert some unwanted filler. It's not quite as good as the first one for me, probably due to the lack of rivalry and drama between families. She is more neurotic and he is less savvy in this sequel.