http://www.red-obsession.com/work daily 0.75 2014-03-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532ae3c1e4b08acc22dfe7c2/1395319747024/ MAIN MENU En Primeur Commanderie de Bordeaux https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532ae289e4b010786b591448/1395319434587/ MAIN MENU Workers bury vines for winter, Ningxia Province, North-West China https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532ae235e4b0c530c247e5fb/1395319350460/ MAIN MENU Peter T'seng-Sex Toy manufacturer and billionaire https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532cea15e4b046525fe55054/1395452439118/ MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532a6aebe4b0612ee31cf6eb/1395288811312/Chateau+Margaux%2C+Bordeaux%2C+France.jpg MAIN MENU Chateau Margaux, Bordeaux, France https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532a6b63e4b0e21c66522108/1395288931886/ MAIN MENU Apartment blocks tower over vines at Chateau Changyu Castel, Shandong Province, China https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/532ae648e4b0b8555ae242af/1395320414814/Filming+Gobi+Desert%2C+Inner+Mongolia.jpg MAIN MENU Filming Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/532ae62ae4b0ed181e211cd4/1395320381743/Crew+filming+in+XinJiang+Province%2C+far+west+China%27s+wine+frontier.jpg MAIN MENU Crew filming in XinJiang Province, far west China's wine frontier https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252ae6e4b0d58e0bb1d871/1395318670288/David+Roach%2C+Nick+Parkinson%2C+Andrew+Caillard+MW%2C+Robert+Coe%2C+Sir+Michael+Parkinson%2C+Warwick+Ross%2C+London.jpg MAIN MENU David Roach, Nick Parkinson, Andrew Caillard MW, Robert Coe, Sir Michael Parkinson, Warwick Ross, London https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252ad7e4b0d58e0bb1d85f/1395317761558/Space+age+barrel+room+at+Chateau+Cos+d%27Estournel%2C+Bordeaux.jpg MAIN MENU This is the futuristic barrel room at Chateau Cos d'Estournel in Bordeaux. It reminded of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001’ or something from Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’. I fell in love with this location and feature it in the opening credits of the film. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252aa3e4b0fe7a8e45767b/1395318415955/Chateau+Palmer+from+the+air%2C+Bordeaux%2C+France.jpg MAIN MENU To really understand the scale of Bordeaux we needed to shoot from a chopper. We did this a few times over the year which also allowed us to capture a sense of seasonal change. This is Chateau Palmer, named after a British General who, after helping defeat Napoleon at Waterloo, fell in love with a young French widow on his way back to London. He changed his plans, married her, bought her Chateau, then named it after himself. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a9ae4b0fe7a8e457676/1395318433195/Horse+and+cart+hauling+grapes%2C+Chateau+Pontet+Canet%2C+Bordeaux.jpg MAIN MENU Horse and cart hauling grapes, Chateau Pontet Canet, Bordeaux https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a59e4b00257d6428151/1395318304234/Francis+Ford+Coppola%27s+interview.jpg MAIN MENU We were lucky enough to score an interview with Francis Ford Coppola in Hong Kong. He wears the dual hats these days of Wine Producer and Film Director, His estate, “Inglenook” in the Napa Valley, California produces some of the most expensive wines produced in the US. We asked him “Can wine tell a story?” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a51e4b00257d642814c/1395318388552/En+Primeur+Commanderie+de+Bordeaux+dinner.jpg MAIN MENU En Primeur Commanderie de Bordeaux dinner https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a45e4b00257d642813e/1395318039120/Corinne+Mentzelopoulos+%28owner+Chateau+Margaux%29%2C+Warwick+Ross+%28producer%2Cco-director%29%2C+Andrew+Caillard+MW%2C+Grant+Lawson+%28sound%29.jpg MAIN MENU This shot was taken at Chateau Margaux, Bordeaux. Corinne Mentzelopoulos (l) is the owner, me (Warwick Ross, producer, co-director), Andrew Caillard MW (Associate Producer) and Grant Lawson (sound). Chateau Margaux was the most generous of all with their time and access. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a38e4b00257d642813b/1395317829084/Chateau+Palmer%2C+Bordeaux%2C+France.jpg MAIN MENU Chateau Palmer, Bordeaux, France https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a2ee4b00257d642812e/1395317801854/Chateau+Margaux%2C+Bordeaux%2C+France.jpg MAIN MENU Chateau Margaux, the most beautiful and harmonious of the great Chateaux of Bordeaux. You can see our crew setting up a tracking shot, dwarfed by the neo-classical edifice. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a1ae4b00257d6428119/1395317981064/Flags+fly+from+Colonial+buildings+above+the+Bund%2C+Shanghai.jpg MAIN MENU Flags fly from Colonial buildings above the Bund, Shanghai https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a7ae4b004ce87b6f1fe/1395318324069/Andrew+Caillard+MW+and+celebrity+TV+talk+show+host+Yue-Sai+Kan%2C+Shanghai.jpg MAIN MENU Andrew Caillard MW and celebrity TV talk show host Yue-Sai Kan, Shanghai https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/532529e5e4b09e6559082b62/1395317992794/Tai+Chi%2C+early+morning%2C+The+Bund%2C+Shanghai%2C+China.jpg MAIN MENU Tai Chi, early morning, The Bund, Shanghai, China https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/532529bce4b03d5774a6cc22/1395318021939/Sex+Toy+billionaire%2C+Peter+Tseng+and+cat.jpg MAIN MENU Here is one of our most enigmatic and interesting interviewees – he is the world’s largest Sex Toy manufacturer and has a wine collection valued at over $60 million. He stroked his white cat during the interview and reminded us of a James Bond character. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/532529b2e4b03d5774a6cc1a/1395318190878/Peter+T%27seng-Sex+Toy+manufacturer+and+billionaire+wine+collector%2C+Shenzhen%2C+China.jpg MAIN MENU The world’s largest Sex Toy manufacturer and billionaire wine collector, at his home in Shenzhen, China surrounded by empties. His wine collection is recognised as one of the finest in the world and is valued at $60 million. He was one of most intriguing interviewees and a tea connoisseur. He has bottles of Lafite Rothschild everywhere in his house, even his bedroom. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252a00e4b0fe7a8e457628/1395317888283/Apartment+blocks+tower+over+vines+at+Chateau+Changyu+Castel%2C+Shandong+Province%2C+China.jpg MAIN MENU No useable space goes to waste in China - here’s a great example. Apartment blocks tower over vines at Chateau Changyu Castel in Shandong Province, China. This is a juxtaposition you would never see in the West. This shot said so much to me about China’s polarised character. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/532529cae4b03d5774a6cc34/1395317955766/Workers+at+Chateau+Changyu+AFIP+near+Beijing+2.jpg MAIN MENU This is a vineyard 80kms north of Beijing, Chateau Changyu AFIP. They had built a replica Chateau here, the same scale as the largest chateaux of France. The only difference was that when we knocked on the walls, which looked like stone, it proved to be fibreglass! Also, the air was heavily polluted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252aade4b0fe7a8e457687/1395318087914/Camels+forage+under+turbines+of+China%27s+largest+wind+farm%2C+XinJiang+Province%2C+wine+frontier%2C+Far+West+China.jpg MAIN MENU Camels under China's largest wind farm, Xinjiang Province, wine frontier, Far West China https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/532529a8e4b03d5774a6cc11/1395318229489/Flame+Mountains%2C+Turfan%2C+Far+West+China.Andrew+Caillard+MW%2C+Steve+Arnold+%28cameraman%29%2C+Warwick+Ross%28Producer_Co-Director%29%2C+Demei+Li+%28winner+Decanter+Award%29.jpg MAIN MENU Flame Mountains, Turfan, Far West China. From L-R: Andrew Caillard MW, Steve Arnold (cameraman), myself (Warwick Ross, Producer:Co-Director), Demei Li (winner Decanter Wine Award). We would never have gained access to these sensitive regions where cultural conflicts between Uighurs and Han Chinese erupt constantly, without Demei Li who found a way to get us in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/5325299ee4b03d5774a6cc0b/1395318268739/Filming+mud+brick+end+of+The+Great+Wall%2C+Inner+Mongolia.jpg MAIN MENU Filming mud brick end of The Great Wall, Inner Mongolia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252995e4b03d5774a6cc01/1395318129029/DOP+Steve+Arnold+%28l%29+and+Andrew+Caillard+in+the+ancient+city+of+Gaochang+on+the+Silk+Road%2C+far-west+China.jpg MAIN MENU Cameraman Steve Arnold (l) and Andrew Caillard in the ancient city of Gaochang on the Silk Road, far-west China during one of our location surveys. The weather was scorchingly hot, in the 40’s. Grapes flourish here only because of ancient underground water channels, dating back 1,600 years, bringing snow-melt from distant mountains. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252986e4b03d5774a6cbf3/1395317854972/Chopper+rigged+with+Cineflex+camera%2C+Bordeaux.jpg MAIN MENU Chopper rigged with Cineflex camera, Bordeaux https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/5325297ae4b03d5774a6cbea/1395317941883/Chinese+faux+Chateau+%28Chateau+Changyu+AFIP%29%2C+80+kms+north+of+Beijing.jpg MAIN MENU Chinese faux Chateau (Chateau Changyu AFIP), 80 kms north of Beijing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/53252967e4b03d5774a6cbe1/1395318056652/Camera+crew+craning+high+above+the+Great+Wall%2C+Ningxia+Province%2C+border+with+Inner+Mongolia%2C+NW+China.jpg MAIN MENU Camera crew craning high above the Great Wall, Ningxia Province, border with Inner Mongolia, NW China https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/53252959e4b03d5774a6cbd6/5325295be4b03d5774a6cbd8/1395318146024/Camels%2C+Flame+Mountains%2C+Turfan%2C+new+wine+frontier%2C+Far+West+China+2.jpg MAIN MENU Looking like something out of Lawrence of Arabia, a camel driver and his camels make their way at the foot of the Flame Mountains in Turfan, Far West China. This is where China is planting thousands of acres of new vineyards. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/53257033e4b028bc910c82a4/1394962486449/Screen+Shot+2014-03-16+at+8.22.41+PM.png MAIN MENU AT THE MOVIES WITH MARGARET AND DAVID https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/53257215e4b0c0f6fcfd9b57/1394962966521/Screen+Shot+2014-03-16+at+8.41.22+PM.png MAIN MENU BLOOMBERG TV INTERVIEW https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/53301a02e4b0ab921afc27cc/1395661316062/ MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532d2af4e4b063a5e10663be/1395293524954/Screen+Shot+2014-03-20+at+4.28.57+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532d2af4e4b063a5e10663ba/1395290889688/Screen+Shot+2014-03-20+at+3.47.43+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532d2af4e4b063a5e10663bf/1395293800247/Screen+Shot+2014-03-20+at+4.36.23+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532d2af4e4b063a5e10663bc/1395292151923/Screen+Shot+2014-03-20+at+4.08.40+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532d2af4e4b063a5e10663c0/1395294463591/Screen+Shot+2014-03-20+at+4.44.44+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532d2af4e4b063a5e10663bd/1395292985983/ MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532d2af4e4b063a5e10663bb/1395291306675/ MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/53257336e4b01248455af11d/1394963255212/Screen+Shot+2014-03-16+at+1.02.09+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532535ebe4b0c44d90ab2ff3/1394947564154/Camels%2C+Flame+Mountains%2C+Turfan%2C+new+wine+frontier%2C+Far+West+China+2.jpg MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532e87e6e4b0c8441ae8fbca/1395558377213/1534712_851239421568785_455018792_o.jpg MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532521a0e4b0bea727f5de7a/1394942369962/Space+age+barrel+room+at+Chateau+Cos+d%27Estournel%2C+Bordeaux.jpg MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532ae5dde4b079860b04564c/1395320286625/Filming+Gobi+Desert%2C+Inner+Mongolia.jpg MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532cf648e4b0bd8ef03453c3/1395455561419/Screen+Shot+2014-03-22+at+1.31.54+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/53257909e4b0616e49da2cf4/1394964747029/Screen+Shot+2014-03-16+at+12.15.21+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/5325653ee4b0da5800e61cb1/1394959679853/Screen+Shot+2014-03-16+at+1.14.45+PM.png MAIN MENU https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532a6503e4b0b8555ae2011e/1395287302098/Tai+Chi%2C+early+morning%2C+The+Bund%2C+Shanghai%2C+China.jpg MAIN MENU http://www.red-obsession.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2014-03-16 http://www.red-obsession.com/landing daily 1.0 2014-06-10 http://www.red-obsession.com/img daily 0.75 2014-03-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5324f3ede4b0bbf6a450a57f/t/532f6b80e4b0c8441ae99813/1395616642081/ Img