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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.

This is a cute show with some laugh out loud moments. Easy to watch. I'll definitely watch the upcoming season. I give it an eight for some of the shoehorned topics. A good cast of characters.

First of all, I would not describe this show as a comedy; it's more of a lighthearted drama. The premise - a buttoned-down lawyer from London and a pampered party girl from Sidney forced to work together to keep a venture (in this case a vineyard) they jointly inherited from going under, is not new. And I think we all know where this is going.

The acting is competent, the main characters are interesting and likable - which is important if we are to become invested in their success - and the minor characters are quirky in a relatable way. There's a bit of "Green Acres" going on here - including a talking pig - along with a few very real, very contemporary underpinnings, like the emerging New Zealand wine industry. And speaking of New Zealand, the settings are gorgeous.

The one drawback is the lack of any real comedy. I am a huge fan of New Zealand humor, so it's not as if it's there but I just don't get it; the show is falling short of the mark. There are no LOL moments, and only a very occasional snigger or two. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - as a light drama, the show is quite good, but since it was billed as a comedy, it can't fail to disappoint on that score.

Bottom line - if you like the light romantic dramas shown on the Hallmark channel, you'll like this. But if you were expecting What We Do in the Shadows, you'll come away scratching your head.

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 review is through episode 4 of season 3. I will update the review as needed based on future episodes.

Edit (9/15/24): Episode 5 of Season 3 was particularly bad.

What I like: 1) The premise and setting. Both provide opportunities for unique and compelling storylines. The premise in particular feels very fresh.

2) The cast, in particular the interactions between the four main cast members. The couple running the rival winery is also quite compelling. A show primarily focusing on these dynamics and conflicts would have been enough, in my opinion.

3) Storylines focusing specifically on the six aforementioned characters. Seasons 1 and 2 do this pretty well. Season 3? Much less so.

What I don't like: 1) The overemphasis on the many, many romantic storylines. The writers lean way too heavily into this. And (perhaps intentionally) there's never any resolution to any of these quite tedious subplots.

2) Many of the secondary characters. They start out quirky and sparingly used (which is good), and slowly gain more screentime. They become less quirky and fun. Instead they become somewhat boring.

3) The primary storyline of Season 3 (no spoilers). I get what they are trying to accomplish, but honestly it's just not fun. Nor are the b-plots for this season. A show which already leans heavily on emotion and sentimentality decided to double down.

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.

Much of what happens in Under the Vines is entertaining and refreshing. I just found Rebecca Gibney's character Daisy a somewhat irritating 60-year-old flighty teenager less interesting than the rest of the cast. Her constant oohs, aahs and ows during conversations spoiled the verbal exchanges, downgraded the dramatic moods and failed to enhance the humourous side of the various interactions.

I very much enjoyed Rebecca Gibeny's role in Packed to the Rafters years ago, but I found her peformance here nowhere near as convincing and it was left to the strong supporting cast and the fabulous New Zealand locations to lift the production values to a high standard.

Not really a comedy, but very engaging with likeable characters, There is easy humour and the two main characters have a good chemistry but there is room to have them find more conflict between them. Love the scenery backdrop and can't wait for another season.

Makes a nice change of pace from heavier fare.

Vines is different enough to keep me entertained - definitely not a comedy. That's why the joke in Episode 3 about John Lennon's murder was completely crass and unnecessary. Here we have a cast member who cannot even say the word menopause, another was thrown out of London, a third has sexuality issues (and on and on) - but you choose to jest about the killing of a music icon for a cheap yuk? Make fun of other issues - there is plenty of material with this crazy cast. Please do not stoop so low for laughs-it ruins the sincere vibe of the show. There are some very worthy themes that I enjoy watching. Keep the story on track - raise you laugh bar!

I loved everything about this show. The characters, story, and the music. After having to isolate due to Covid-19 this show was so refreshing. Living in the US and visiting the well dressed Napa Valley in California, it's fun to see the grit of a vineyard.

More at the bottom, here, but I'm adding to my comments on the 3rd season, and STRONGLY recommending that you not waste your time.

In addition to the incredible stupidity and laziness with the do NOT address their crisis about the winery, the two leads apparently have unlimited funds. They spend almost no time even talking about the threat to their livelihood AND home. The bad guy is just a complete prick, and these two idiots don't even seem to know how to contact a lawyer. They're just limp wet noodles, giving us no reason to care about them, whatsoever. Wow, I've come to really hate this show. They've really abused and insulted their viewers.

Yes, it's typical and formulaic, but the actors do a good with the less-than-excellent writing. If you accept for the lightweight rimp that it is (essentially), you can find enough enjoyment.

A big problem is that the writers and directors entend the romantic tension - which actually develops nicely in the beginning - far too long. The characters become annoying and inconsistent with how they've been portrayed - how viewers have come to know them - as they make the same incredibly stupid mistakes again and again. The crime, here, is how the writers, directors and producers treat their audience. The contrivances, improbabilities and authorial manipulations become worse and worse, and insult as well as frustrate loyal fans.

Each episode of the 2nd season gets worse and worse. More and more characters do stupid things. Then, at the end of the season, the chaos that has obviously come to rule the producers and writers shows itself in full bloom as they pull out the worst off-the-shelf contrivance thus far in the series. And, it comes in literally the last minute of the 2nd season. So, viewers are left with an even greater sense of betrayal by the producers and writers, and will have to wait and unknown period of time to find out if the series will return, and if so, when.

It took me a couple episodes to accept Under the Vines on its own terms, and I enjoyed it, mostly, up to the 3rd episode, or so, of the 2nd season. It just gets worse and worse and worse. The writers seem to have nothing to offer; they recycle various off-the-shelf tripe/ dramady tripe, and lose any sense of real direction.

Too bad. This could have been getting better, instead of getting worse.

New: 3rd season is a complete mess. The writers have clearly lost whatever nascent sense of direction they may have had. The shle just spits on the faces of the viewers who came to like it care about these people. If they were borderline annoying before, they are full bore annoying - and stupid - now.

Whether it's the producers or directors, somebody is responsible for horrible contrivance after horrible contrivance, none of which the main characters seem capable of stepping up to meet. It's their incompetence, coupled with an apparent lack of actually caring about anything other than being victims, that just builds the frustration to an early breaking point.

It was always going to be lightweight fare, but pure incompetence on the parts of producers, directors and writers just send this garbage spinning away from any remnant of likeability.

If you like the first two seasons, ignore the last 10 minutes of the last episode (it's where the stupid abuse of fans begin), and stop there. Apparently, they're using the entire season 3 to drag out the lead woman's decision about her 7th wedding. Again, it's just abusive and horribly, lazily contrived. Just trash.

I didn't want it to end!! Well written, well acted with great characters filmed in stunning New Zealand. You'll love it especially If you liked bottle shock or From the vine.

Heartwarming, insightful, great cast, staggeringly beautiful landscapes, wonderfully written scripts. Very good thought out into enjoyment. Funny but more revealing of how life can change.

I just love this show - it's fantastic.

I really hope that there will be many more seasons it's very cosy- love it.

Do your self a favour and start seeing this series.

My wife likes this series and was happy to find season three beginning on Acorn. The reviews suggest this is a popular series, a dramedy I believe. I like many of the English shows from Are You Being Served to Darby and Joan with Doc Martin sitting on top as the show with the quirkiest of quirky characters. Many of the best shows like Fawlty Towers or The Office feature a character(s) who aren't likeable but you feel comfortable knowing they won't succeed.

Under the Vines is positively blooming as a weed patch filled with quirky characters but here many, too many, are just totally dislikable, they're just mean bordering on evil. Worst of all, there are just too many of them and they suck what little joy there is right off of the screen. I find the whole series just soul-sucking- nasty. The rotten characters are winning.

The two leads, Daisy (Rebecca Gibney) and Louis (Charles Edwards) have no chemistry. They have that English coupling of opposites who are destined to attract, but they are more representatives of opposites who just become more opposite.

My wife is hoping for a season 4; I would have been happy to have seen it end at season 2.

Some have written nasty, unfriendly reviews - that's THEIR opinion. But I found it fun, interesting, light-hearted, with some interesting twists and turns, and exactly what I have been needing for the past two years of no work, no income, no fun!

Besides Rebecca Gibney is one of my favorite Aussie actors... so how could I say no?

Bring on Season 2 and soon, please.......

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.

This is the type of feel good TV series that takes you away from the many sad things going on around us! Very well written and equally as well acted. It was perfectly cast. The amazingly talented Rebecca Gibney is at her very best. I became a fan several years ago, knowing that she'd bring respect to most anything she stars in, she's the draw. And through this I've gotten the opportunity to see Charles Edwards in a role that he defines. He plays his part perfectly and is a very nice compliment to Rebecca and her character. The supporting cast are ALL right on the money. Each actor has embraced his/her character perfectly. They are believable and they are charismatic and they are fun to spend time with. I also applaud the writers, directors and producers for collaborating to ensure they give us a great story, great characters and great actors. I cannot wait to see what they have in story for us in season two!!

Great cast and so much fun to watch. The leads have great chemistry. Love the vineyard as the background to multiple stories. Hope there is a season 2 because I want more.

This is absolute garbage. Had high hopes as I really like Rebecca Gibney however this is sadly missing the mark. I can't get past episode two as it is so silly and totally stupid.

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.

I was unsure at first but as the episodes moved along, this series really grew on me. It has heart and is very endearing. I enjoyed all of the characters. I think a second series will be great. I do hope the two main characters do not get together romantically. I think they would make better friends. I watched this marathon style and enjoyed it to bits!

I love this show. There is no violence, no great special effects - just the kind of series I like to watch. Great characters that grow in complexity with each episode. Excellent acting and cliffhanger plots that keep me wanting more. It's like my favorite pie, strawberry-rhubarb, sweet and tart and each piece leaves me feeling very satisfied.

The show is certainly helped by the great setting on the South Island of New Zealand. I don't know whether the characters sound or act like New Zealanders - come to think of it, the two main characters aren't New Zealanders, Daisy is Australian and Louis is English but most everyone is good-hearted even if, like all of us, they sometimes make mistakes. I also like the use of Maori characters and actors.