The Japanese are destroying our country's environment.
They're our enemy.
Come on, let's go!
W-Wait! Daddy!
Hold on! We're not your enemies!
Your name's Kanzaki?
Is that common in Japan?
Have you met somebody else with the same name?
Just one man.
Well, whatever.
Nadia, come back to the forest with me.
You'll never be able to understand wine otherwise.
Are you okay?
I'm so sorry you had to see that.
Nadia-san, what did he mean about the Japanese being your enemy?
My dad runs an environmental protection group called Emerald Forest back home.
He's very sensitive about environmental destruction.
He thinks that Japan is ruining Australia's forests.
Why?
Many of the wood chips used to make Japanese paper
come from trees harvested in Australia, South Africa, and Chile.
Australia is mostly desert, with very few forests,
and Japan tears them down to use for paper.
I had no idea.
The first thing our ancestors did when they arrived was start growing grapes,
in part because the land here is so arid and barren.
I'm sorry.
The Japanese aren't the only ones who use paper.
And my dad knows that, but...
What a shock, huh?
When you're living in Japan, you just don't think about that stuff, do you?
Yeah.
Shizuku-san, something's been on your mind, hasn't it?
I guess so.
Is it that Nadia-san's dad mentioned someone named Kanzaki?
Yeah, that's part of it.
But I'm more interested in what Nadia said.
About how they started making wine here
because the grapes want land that's poor in nutrients.
It reminded me of the start of the Seventh Apostle's description.
"At the time, I was filled with self-confidence."
"Even if I was alone in the wilderness,
even if I had lost sight of my path,
even if I was drifting alone in a small boat on the great ocean..."
"Nothing scared me."
"That's what I thought."
Now that you mention it,
that kind of sounds like the pioneers who came to Australia.
"The sky was endless."
"The horizon stretched on forever."
"And the land was sturdy, refusing to move."
That describes Australia exactly.
How did my father use wine to face such a harsh, vast land?
I feel like that's the key to finding the Seventh Apostle.
We can just burn his forest down!
What's wrong?
But if we burn the forest, what about the wood chips?
A little fire won't hurt 'em.
Once his woods are out of the way, there's a vast primeval forest beyond.
Okay, when do we do it?
Let's burn it down tonight!
Emerald Forest and their environmental protection crap
will both be up in smoke by tomorrow!
Somebody's trying to burn down Daddy's woods?
I know I heard them say Emerald Forest.
Does your father have any enemies?
Yes. A lot of people hate him because forestry and exports
are down because of the environmental protections he's advocating.
They said they'd burn the place down tonight.
They might mean it.
On hot days like this, fires can start anywhere.
Call your dad and the police, and we'll meet you at the woods!
Okay!
I understand. But I can't leave.
Daddy!
If the forest goes up in flames, there'll be nowhere to run!
If we run, the forest burns.
Your lives are at risk!
We don't know where the fire will start, so we need to get out!
When Japanese people are about to lose something important to them,
do you turn your back on your foes?
We'll put our lives on the line to stop them here!
That's right!
We won't let those greedy bastards beat us!
All right. I'll help too.
Don't be ridiculous, Japanese.
You don't know these woods. What can you do?
Shizuku-san has a radar that you don't!
A radar?
Well, it's a much more primitive trick than real radar.
If they're going to burn down the forest,
they'll do it from upwind to spread the fire, right?
What direction is that?
The wind constantly changes direction in this forest.
They could start it anywhere and it would spread.
Which trees burn best, then?
Dried cedar.
Cedar bark and leaves are quick to go up.
Cedar...
I have to try to pick it up.
The scent of European cedar, which is also used in wine...
That way!
I smell loads of cedar!
Bring a lantern! We'll go after him!
Cedar...
Kanzaki-san was right.
Everything around here is cedar, right?
Yeah, that's right.
But even this copse of cedar trees is pretty big.
And we don't know if they'll go for the cedars.
It won't be easy to find them in the darkness, either!
Wait.
Dried grass...
Dried straw...
Old Burgundy wine.
Red wine past its peak that's lost its fruitiness.
This way!
We've been walking a while, but there's nothing here.
No, the smell is getting stronger.
Can Kanzaki-san really smell something from so far away?
Yes, he smelled a Montrachet in the middle of a blizzard on the Matterhorn.
What in the world?!
What is it? Were you wrong?
H-Hey!
It was old Burgundy wine, but it suddenly smells like the smoke of new barrels!
Everyone! Cut down anything that looks like it could burn!
Shinohara-san, this way!
Jack!
Split up!
John and Keith, over there!
Tommy, over here!
Got it!
Okay, bring them down!
Use the extinguishers!
Wow! What teamwork!
Yeah.
This is the power of man.
I'm so glad we saved the forest.
I don't know what would've happened without you.
What's wrong?
Are you Kanzaki Yutaka's son?
Yes.
I see.
It would've been fifteen years ago...
The same year that me and my friends
came together to start our environmental protection group.
He came out of nowhere, carrying nothing but a backpack.
He said he wanted to help us.
And one day, three months later...
What is it, Kanzaki?
Thinking about this fallow grape field?
The canvas and paints are here.
All that remains is man.
Australian wine still lacks artists.
But I know that someday in the future, someone will come and paint a picture
that goes down in history with this wonderful canvas and color.
Right now, there's no way to know what that picture will be, though.
Then come back to see it.
I'll be waiting.
I shall.
I feel like that was the start of something.
Do you remember what field my father was looking at?
It was fifteen years ago...
Any idea at all is fine!
Come back tomorrow.
A movie, you say?
Yes.
In the three years since I lost my sense of taste,
I've been turning all the footage I shot over the years into a movie about wine.
What's the theme?
"Man."
The winemakers of Napa Valley brought their wines up
into something that critics prefer over the finest French chateaux.
I want to leave a record of their talent and efforts for future generations.
Mr. Nakagawa, would you allow me to watch all of this?
I'd be much obliged.
I'll have a copy made immediately and sent to Japan.
No, I want to see it here.
D-Dad?!
Mr. Tomine.
I found it... The Seventh Apostle!
"This wine is eternally incomplete."
"It is the Sagrada Família."
Now, who will go first?
Well, that's new.
Normally you're both in a hurry to be first.
I'll do it, then.
Very well.
Wh-What's that aroma?
What an incredible wine.
They're all speaking of their dreams, their ideals,
and the lives they've led.
A gathering of the weak.
They've lost confidence in themselves and seek salvation from God.
And I am no different.
A great dream that I could not ever achieve alone...
The Sagrada Família.
The power of man coming together.
Comrades walking alongside me.
A 2003 Sine Qua Non...
The Inaugural Eleven Confessions Syrah.
The ultimate American cult wine,
made by a genius vintner who never makes the same thing twice!
A wine that's said to be a work of art,
with a different label, bottle design, and even wine theme every year!
That is all.
Shizuku-san, is the Seventh Apostle... American?
No, it's not.
From the way you're talking,
I assume you brought a wine from elsewhere?
I did.
Then describe it for me, Shizuku.
I-Incredible!
It's a Big Bang of aroma!
Tell me...
What it is my father saw beyond this wonderful scent?
Where am I?
Pilgrims...
heading to a holy site!
That's it!
Th-This is...
What's wrong, Shizuku?
This isn't it.
It's not the Sagrada Família.
This is the Cambodian ruin...
Angkor Wat!
Just like the Sagrada Família, it is eternal, imposing, and complex.
But in the face of this wine,
there is no kindness for man.
All you can do is pray.
There is a terroir in this wine that far surpasses the power of man.
What is it?
What is this wine... this 2003 Glaetzer Amon-Ra Shiraz?!
A vineyard planted during the pioneer days,
then abandoned before it could bring joy to anyone.
But someone found it, and kneeling before its hidden greatness,
elevated it into a single glass of wine.
It's just like Angkor Wat,
which was forgotten for a century and then found once more
before showing the world its glory!
To describe this wine in a word...
it is discovery.
And that's your answer?
Yes.
Then the result is clear as day.
The winner of the battle for the Seventh Apostle is Tomine Issei.
No objections, Shizuku?
None.
Very well. Issei, why did you go to America?
The Seventh Apostle was the yield of man's ambition.
I believed it was different than the wines of France,
which are made heeding the voices of heaven and earth.
It was easy from there to narrow it down to New World wines.
That's exactly what I said.
When we all had that Australian wine,
I felt strong ambition and artistry from the winemaker.
The grape variety used in this wine, Syrah,
was originally cultivated in the Rhône Valley of France.
But it took root in Australia and became known as Shiraz.
Now it's their most commonly used variety.
The reason I chose not Australia but America...
is that Australia lacks a Gaudi!
The Sagrada Família is one of mankind's great works of art.
A masterpiece made as the antithesis of Western society after the storm
of materialistic civilization that was the Industrial Revolution.
The same thing is happening in the world of wine.
Cult wines are treated as investments and traded for incredible prices.
They are a symbol of materialistic civilization.
This wine is sometimes called a cult wine,
but it was born of an entirely different idea.
It is a piece of artwork, made as an antithesis of materialistic civilization!
Um... I think the Shiraz is a work of art too,
made by a wonderful artist.
Indeed, it is art.
But this wine took far too long to make.
Some of the vines used to create it were over a hundred years old.
That is where most of the "art" of its maker comes from.
Shizuku-kun's use of the word "discovery" for this wine is perfect.
But the vines used in the wine I chose were pure artistic fodder.
The overwhelming uniqueness, talent,
and imagination of its maker are what gave birth to the wine.
It is a masterpiece made by the hand of man, going far beyond its terroir.
An unending dream given form by man's unstoppable passion!
Both eternally incomplete and complete!
Wonderful, Issei!
You've done well to decipher so much of Yutaka's intent!
Thank you, Robert-sensei.
Shizuku, don't you think that these wines represent you two as you are now?
Shizuku-san!
What an embarrassment.
We're finished here, aren't we?
I'll be going, then.
Issei-san!
What will happen now, Robert-sensei?
With what?
This defeat was just devastating to Shizuku-san...
If he quits now, then it will show the extent of his worth.
The wine Shizuku-san brought was wonderful.
It could easily have been the Seventh Apostle.
Of course.
This wine was made from a vineyard
that Yutaka was passionate about for many, many years.
But if this Amon-Ra were the Seventh Apostle,
the Twelve Apostles would be something most different than what Yutaka intended.
The fact that Shizuku went to Australia, and Issei to America,
makes clear the message Yutaka wanted to put into the Seventh Apostle.
You could say the battle was over before it began.
What are the Twelve Apostles and the Drops of God that sits above them?
To Shizuku and Issei, they are...
Yes?
Um...
Another glass.
Hey, I know you're strong, but...
I have to drink just to keep going.
I came this far and realized how wide the gap between us was.
You knew that from the start.
You've overcome the difference before, and you can do it again.
I can't beat him the way I've been doing this.
Don't you think that these wines represent you two as you are now?
Tomine conquered something.
He experienced something I will never be able to...
And that wine was the answer.
Plus, he didn't just identify the Apostle. He identified the exact mistake I'd made.
Did Dad figure all this from the start?
Fujieda-san, one more drink.
Sure, sure.
This...
Oh, impressive.
As drunk as you are, you can still tell by the smell?
It's so good.
Of course it is.
It's the apostle you chose.
Miyabi-chan went back after you left and got the rest.
She said you'd be coming tonight.
She also brought what Tomine-san chose.
It's good.
These two wines are equals.
Miyabi-chan...
You love wine, right?
You can't live without it anymore, can you?
So let's do our best!
You can start over if you have to!
Yeah...
He's been off for two days?
Don't tell me he just couldn't take it anymore and...
Don't even say that!
Morning!
I had a lot of vacation saved up from my time in sales and thought I should use it.
Hey, you look great!
I thought after your loss to Tomine...
Honma-san!
Oh, I'm over that.
I've decided to quit the battle for the apostles.