Wine Country at Work

Wine tourism is a relatively new industry, as least in the scale that it exists today. The most visited wine region in the world is San Francisco's north bay, including Napa and Sonoma counties. The small populations in these agricultural regions host millions of international visitors, most of whom are inebriated. Yet they do that gracefully and graciously. What's their secret?

That is the question that leads the hosts of Wine Country @ Work, local tour guides, to go behind the scenes into a wide variety of workplaces, discovering what talents and skills are necessary to create a great wine tourism destination. The people who work there come from all over the world, drawn to this icon of wine, to learn, to work and to enjoy. The show enjoys beautiful scenery, unique locations and wonderful stories. Taken together it offers interesting lessons about what we call hospitality, life style and success.

Notes to Stations About This Show:

As fits Wine Country this is a very fun, relaxed show, that looks deeply into how people make things work and create a life style they enjoy. This is not a wine country confection interviewing wealthy owners who visit their 'wineries' twice a year. The people featured here are the ones that make the wine, host the guests and work daily to create the wine country experience. It makes them easy to relate to and people can see themselves in those roles.

Wine Country at Work - Napa Wine Project

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In a place with 100's of small, hidden wineries, for the tour guide NWP is a great resource, because Dave Thompson has set out to systematically visit every winery, and taste the wines, in Napa, the world's top wine tourism destination. His text, photo and audio chronicle of this long term passion project is a massive website and exploration into the art and business of wine at the highest level.

Wine Country at Work - The 1881 Napa Museum and Tasting Room

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In the heart of the Napa Valley is California's oldest running market, the Oakville Market. Right next door is the new wine country museum and tasting room called 1881, for the year that the market started. This is the story of its creation with the person who acted as the director and manager, George Webber. He is interviewed by Ralph DeAmicis.

Wine Country at Work - Smoke in Wine Country

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Due to climate change wine country is suffering from more 'fire seasons', that impact both people and vines. This series of interviews explores the issues. Ralph interviews Napa locals about how it impacted them personally and their views about the causes and solutions to this evolving problem.

Wine Country at Work - Inside the Tour Business

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This is a behind the scenes look at what the guides do during a high end private wine tour. Spanning three days in November in Napa California it looks at the complicated process that underlies the clients experience. The host of Wine County at work, Ralph de Amicis, is a top flight tour guide in the worlds top wine destination. He takes the audience along for the ride.

Wine Country at Work - Wine Country and Climate Change

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This is a three part episode where Ralph DeAmicis, host and wine tour guide talks about the strategies that growers in Napa and Sonoma are using to adapt to the climate change that they have been measuring for many years. The second segment is about how ride sharing has changed wine country. The third segment is about the ongoing series on BioDynamics. Produced in September 2017.

Wine Country at Work - The Napa Winemakers Calendar

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This is the second improved version of the episode about this wonderful calendar created by photographer Nicole Marino themed around wine country in the 1800's featuring wine makers from various small vineyards around the valley. This version includes the calendar photography that was not available when the first version was released. The calendar is a benefit for the Yountville Military Veterans home.