Under the Vines

Wonderful, uplifting little series showcasing the strong acting skills of the well known main characters but also intrducing us to some of the wonderful new talent certain to grace our screens. Rebecca Gibney is the glue that holds all this together.

Its a comedy full of drama and I lurve it. Well, though I don't really know the actors but they are doing the job well. And it's the land of the middle earth.... sure it is beautiful.

The first episode just introduces the characters of a rundown vineyard and it's new owners. As the series progresses it begins to show how the two main characters, Daisy and Louis, begin new friendships with people who are strikingly different than themselves. Gone are their days of pretenses and privilege, now they must finally "grow up" and along the way find out what really matters in life. If your looking for a fun little show with heart set in beautiful rural New Zealand this is it.

This lighthearted series is a character-driven romantic comedy set in a fictional town in southern New Zealand's beautiful Otago wine country, offering up quirky characters living in a wine region with its own 'law of the land' and 'rules of the road' for the self-indulgent Brit lawyer (Charles Edwards) and Aussie socialite (Rebecca Gibney), each denying their own eccentric mid-life challenges, to navigate.

Of course, inheriting the vineyard of the late Stanley Oakley does not meet the two outsiders' expectations nor does it fix their personal issues - rather compounding and exasperating them instead - adjusting to being its reluctant joint 'sole-owners' is the new journey they find themselves on. Each cast members' character arc provide for some unexpected surprises, both humorous and touching.

Similar but different from its predecessors like Northern Exposure to 800 Words series, Under the Vines' difference is in the romance of the vines with its enveloping surroundings and night skies make for an easy-going and satisfying weekly tasting.

To all those negative nancies on IMDb; chill bro. It's a bit of fun. It's like wine. Sometimes sickly sweet, sometimes dry. But always fruity. Don't expect Academy Awards, more a secret fantasy where we'd all like to own a winery. He acting is good. The cast excellent. And it's fun. End of. Just enjoy.