When your wine show wins Best Drama at the International Emmys, you’d think there’d be time for a victory lap—maybe a sabering, at least. Not for Fleur Geffrier. As Wine Spectator’s Kristen Bieler reports, the actor behind Camille Léger was already deep into production on Season 2 of Drops of God, sprinting across Greece, Spain, the Republic of Georgia, Japan and more corners of France than a sommelier’s flashcard deck.
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- The takeaway? Keep exploring, keep tasting, and don’t be afraid to try something new.
Why This Matters
Behind every great bottle is a story, and this one matters. It reflects broader trends shaping how wine is made, sold, and enjoyed. Stay curious—your palate will thank you.
For the uninitiated, Drops of God is a high-gloss, multilingual drama that marries blind tasting gauntlets with family trauma and a $150 million cellar—so, like your last holiday dinner, just with better stemware. Season 1 ended where the original manga did, but audiences wanted more. Now, three years later, Camille and Issei have discovered they’re siblings, and they’re handed a fresh riddle from beyond the grave: find the origin of a bottle Léger deemed the world’s greatest wine. It’s the kind of quest that sends them into vineyards, archives, and emotional minefields. Geffrier puts it simply:
“Filming season two was a great, big adventure,”
—Fleur Geffrier, via Wine Spectator.
If Season 1 was a baptism by barrique, Season 2 sounds like a full-on immersion. Geffrier describes it as deeper, more tense—occasionally thriller-esque—yet still a human story set against the rituals (and occasional absurdities) of fine wine. The travel isn’t just window dressing; it’s terroir you can feel. Marseille offered cliffside logistics that would make a key grip cry, Georgia glowed with backyard vineyards stitched into mountain views, and Châteauneuf-du-Pape brought the kind of Provençal beauty that compels you to start Googling airfare mid-episode.
There’s also real-world winery evolution baked into the plot. Camille now co-owns the fictional Domaine Chassangre, set at the very real Château de Beaucastel—recently rebuilt with sustainability at its core. As Geffrier tells Bieler, the team returned to find a facility engineered from its own excavated earth with natural air-conditioning. That’s not just set dressing; it influences Camille and Thomas’s ecological mindset in the story. Chalk one up for wine TV that understands modern stewardship and isn’t afraid to show the guts of it.
Character-wise, Camille’s arc shifts from avoidance to embrace. Season 1’s complicated relationship with her father kept her literally off the sauce. Now, she’s a successful wine entrepreneur, in love, and—big character turn—actually drinking wine. Still, the show doesn’t go soft. She’s convinced she’s shed her father’s shadow, only to find he’s still rearranging furniture in the attic of her psyche. It’s wine and the specter of legacy that push her toward honesty. A familiar truth to anyone who has ever tasted something transporting and realized it unlocks more than just flavor notes.
What makes Geffrier’s perspective refreshing is how enthusiast-friendly it is. Her advice to friends and viewers isn’t precious or gatekeep-y:
“Just taste! Don’t be intimidated.”
—Fleur Geffrier, Wine Spectator. She learned the building blocks—how aromas and structure point to place, how roots diving deep can translate to complexity, and even that you can hear a wine when fermentation kicks off. It’s the kind of wine education that feels accessible: start with curiosity, let the story of the man, the sky, and the earth do the rest.
And yes, the bottles featured this season have range. Champagne Rosé Billecart-Salmon pops up, and Château d’Yquem makes a cameo with the kind of Sauternes gravitas that melts cynicism in one sip. But if you’re tuning in for label-spotting alone, you’ll miss the point. This show uses wine as a lens to look at love, legacy, and belonging—an elegant way to remind us why we chase vineyards, and why a blind tasting can feel like therapy in crystal.
From an industry angle, Drops of God continues to do what few wine-centric productions manage: it respects the craft without drowning in jargon, and it dramatizes terroir without turning regions into postcards. The global itinerary matters because wine is local everywhere—each place with its own story, climate rhythm, and cultural heartbeat. If Season 2 is truly leaner and tighter with thriller energy, as Geffrier suggests, then we’re getting something that might even coax your non-wine friends into caring about lees contact and limestone.
Practical notes for your watch party: Season 2 premieres Jan. 21 on Apple TV+, with new episodes dropping through March 11. Pace your pours accordingly—eight episodes means eight chances to pick a bottle that aligns with the storyline. Might I suggest starting with a southern Rhône blend for that Beaucastel cameo, then swap to a Georgian qvevri wine when the journey heads east? Pair the finale with Sauternes if you want dessert to taste like a mic drop.
Geffrier’s takeaway is the kind we endorse at DrinkingVino: don’t chase perfection; chase experience. Learn a little, taste a lot, and let the art form meet you where you are. Wine doesn’t need to be a test—it can be an invitation.
Original author: Kristen Bieler. Source site: Wine Spectator.
Source: https://www.winespectator.com/articles/drops-of-god-star-fleur-geffrier-discusses-new-season
