Black Gold is a well-done documentary with excellent cinematography, a good soundtrack, an excellent range of interviewees and topics, and good information. It’s not perfect reporting – none of the major coffee buyers like Kraft and Nescafe agreed to be interviewed – but is an excellent launching point.

The film discusses the impact of low worldwide coffee prices on Ethiopian farmers, and the structures of the worldwide supply chain that produces these prices. It’s a call to anyone with a conscience to buy products that eliminate unnecessary middlemen, and which provide farmers a fair price they can live on.

http://blackgoldmovie.com/

The best wine I’ve ever tasted, at only $20 for the bottle (on sale). All the earthy goodness of Pinot, with delicious fruit and spice, perfectly balanced. I wish I had a case of this.