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, and

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as well as original series productions and educational content. It also shows licensed wine and food content such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. ''Verticals'', which features vintages that defined a winery or winemaker, premiered at the

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in fall 2019. In 2021 the service released a documentary titled ''Verticals: Lafite Rothschild''. The program is narrated by

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and Saskia de Rothschild. In April 2020, the documentary ''

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,'' which had been slated for a traditional release, instead premiered on SOMM with rental fees going to the LEE Initiative's Restaurant Workers Relief Program to support those laid off because of the COVID pandemic. In 2021 it released a new reality TV competition show, ''

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.'' It was nominated for a 2022

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in the Reality or Competition Visual Media category. Production was set to begin on a second season in spring 2023 with

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as a guest judge. In February 2022, it premiered ''Saving The Restaurant'', which followed Colorado restaurateur Bobby Stuckey as he tried to help restaurants avoid closure during the pandemic. When Stuckey's own restaurants close, Stuckey helped form the

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. In June 2022 it premiered ''

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''. It won a James Beard Award in 2023 in the Visual Media - Long form category. In July 2022 it released ''Auction Lot 288'', the story of the world's most expensive Champagne, featuring a bottle of 1874

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. ''The Oldest Vine'' was released in December 2022 and tells the story of a more than 200 year old vine, still producing wine in Los Angeles at

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