. valle," i'm damian trujillo, and today, once again wine country comes to silicon valley. sabor del valle on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: we begin today with a renowned muralist around the entire country. paul gonzalez is my guest here on "comunidad del valle." he's very shiny and glittery today. we're glad that he came here on the show to share some of his work with us; welcome to the show. paul gonzalez: thank you for having me. damian: so, it's pretty amazing, we do have a slideshow that you provided for us, but boy, talk about what inspired--look, i mean, here's one of cesar chavez on a big wall of a building. you've traveled to greenfield schools, where--my hometown, and schools all over the area. wherever the--wherever you find a wall or a canvass, i guess, that's what you're going to go tag. paul: that's what--that and we're going to spread

some art and influence. and we're going to inspire these young kids to have--experience something different, you know? give them--show that they can be an artist as well, and show that they can transform their community too. you know, because we're all a part of this. damian: now, and when you're doing a mural, i would imagine outside one of the classrooms and kids start--yeah, but, you know, dividers and kids start coming up and saying, "what are you doing?" or i bet that kind of gets them intrigued and, "oh wow, maybe someday," or whatnot. paul: it does, and it doesn't--you know, when we see that, we'll start engaging with them. we'll talk about the process, we'll talk about how i started when i was a young kid, and how i couldn't draw. and you know, just to have some patience and just enjoy the process, and you guys can be part of this. hey, is there any--you guys want to paint really fast? get up there and get a brush up there. and so, we'll try to get that little bit of engagement, and it makes them excited, and then they feel like they're a part of that project. and at the same time, you know, we may be around and say, "hey, we see some litter. who wants to pick up litter? go get me ten pieces." and you know, and so, sort of like say it's all about improving your environment, and we could do little things to

improve our environment, which has effect on ourselves. damian: do they sometimes say, "oh, what is that? i would move that eagle there and put that over here"? paul: oh yeah, we get--we get those young artists at times, and i say, "wait a minute." or sometimes because we start to do a design and we realize it's not as balanced as we thought, and so we'll see some--we'll see some scratches and they're like, "what's going on here?" i'm like, "just hang in there, hang in there." damien: but you'll take their ideas maybe sometimes. paul: exactly, yeah, yeah, so. damien: do you call your style anything? is there a special name to what you do, or you just throw in paint up on the wall and see what sticks? paul: you know, when i was a painter, went down the avenue painting in abstracts and ceramics. and then as we started with the murals, it was all about just creating an influence of color, inspiration, and improvement. and because my first--when i started about 20 years ago, 18, the schools were looking pretty beige and gray, and there was no color. so, the main thing was we wanted to bring some bright and cheeriness. and so, we're kind of just--it was the style was developing, you know? and now, if you look from my past, we had a lot of blends,

and now we're kind of simplifying so we can get bigger wall space so we have a bigger impact. so, now it's kind of going down more of a graphic style. so, i'm kind of evolving and changing as i go. i mean, if you see some of the rooms that we've done, now we're painting the ceiling and doing something dynamics so kids can start thinking, "wow, i never thought about the ceiling." all right, so i never thought about the ceiling either. so, i think it would be so inspiring to see a kid one day, "hey mom, look what i did to my ceiling." i'd be like, "uh oh." damien: his name is paul gonzalez, you can find him on the website there. do you--now, you're commissioned by whoever says, "hey, can you do this artwork for me?" we've been trying to get you for a couple of months, but you said, "i'm booked through the--you know, the first--the end of april, beginning of the summer." pretty busy for you then. paul: we're booked out nine months right now. and yesterday, i just solidified two other mural projects on top of what we already have. and it's amazing because i'm a painter, you know, doing the artwork. i'm there to, like, make sure it's going to turn out amazing.

and now, i'm in a sea of paperwork and marketing, and need an assistant to kind of help me with all the taxes and the receipts. you know, the bigger--you know, the more projects that we have, you know, the more that it becomes a business. damian: it gives you more time to throw paint up on the wall and-- paul: yes, yes, yes; and so, it's a lot of work, you know? and especially we want to make sure the outcome is going to have an impact. that's the main thing. and so, like for instance, we're working on a project, we're ready to submit, and i wanted to make one last edit, and i dropped an image on my photoshop which went over the whole mural. and i said, "that looks awesome. we got to put a pause on your design because i want to make sure that--" 'cause it just--want to make sure it's going to last a long time and people are going to enjoy it. damian: and i mean, we've seen all of the mischaracterizations of busts, people who make busts. we saw one of brandi chastain, a couple of other--one of the soccer players had a horrible bust. but the one you had, the mural of cesar chavez, i mean, it's a mural, it's a big wall, but the similarities are,

i don't want to say striking, but it's there. you know who it is instantly. paul: yes, yes, yes, yes; and that takes a lot of the design effort, you know. so, when we're making that design, it's not about us painting. we have to really plan that out and how we're going to enlarge that. and sometimes, we only have a small amount of time to do that, so we're like, "this is the plan, this is how we're going to do it, this is the scaffolding, this is here, we got the week; ready and go." and then we try to do our best. and at the same time, like i said, things start to change, or things don't look right, and then we have to edit it right there. and to then throw in a graffiti coating afterward to protect it, you know? because we protect all the murals just in case something happens, you know? damian: does that mean the graffiti won't stick, or that it's easy to-- paul: easy to clean; and so then we could preserve it, and it will last 15, 20 years. damian: that is awesome; well, paul gonzalez, he does have a website, he has a studio and he does a lot of contractual work. there is his web address and his twitter handle. paul, any final thoughts before we let you go? glad that you were here and able to share these thoughts with us.

paul: my thoughts would be, you know, i look back at the years of my body of work and i think about how i transformed a lot of the communities. when we--when some schools could not afford a mural, we were able to put the budget together, now they have ten murals. you know, we can make things happen. we can really change our community, but it takes all of us to make it happen. 'cause you know, if we all can put in and think a little different and apply those actions, we can definitely make that impact. and so, please help me, do what you can with whatever your--whatever your talent is and provide it to the community. you know, you don't have to go all crazy, but you know, little bits, you know? influencing little--one person will make a big difference. damian: nice job. good to have you on, paul. thank you very much. and up next here on "comunidad del valle," sabor del valle, stay with us.

valley, sabor del valle. dianna bernal is here with me, she's on the board of directors for sabor del valle. welcome to the show. this is always a great event.

we do have another slideshow of what's transpired over the last few years, but it really is a family-friendly event, kind of a tardeada, where you can taste some of the delicious wines by latino vintners in wine country. dianna bernal: yeah, very nice, very nice event. i'm very proud to be part of it. i love my community, and this has just brought me such joy to be able to give back to the community i was raised in. damian: so, what happens? i mean, we've been there for a few years, but basically you have these great latino vintners who bring--and all of it is top-shelf wine. they bring their top-shelf wine to showcase it. dianna: oh yeah, such as chavez wine that we have right here, and gustavo. we're just--so, when you buy a ticket, it's a fundraiser. you buy your ticket, you can reach--you can purchase them on sabordelvalle.org, and july 20 will be our event. we've been running now, this is our ninth year, so we've been

raising funds for--we're a nonprofit, we raise funds for other nonprofits that give to the underserved community. damian: we'll talk about that in a little bit. but yes, carlos chavez with chavez family cellars will be on our next segment here, talk about-- dianna: oh, by the way, ray castañeda wanted me to present this to you. damian: oh, is that--look at this. this is--this is awesome. thank you very much. it'll be full before you know it. but you got into--onto the board of directors for a reason, and i'm assuming that's because of, not because of the event because it's a great event, but just the charity work that's involved in it. dianna: right, so i love giving back to my community. and i was raised--i'm a--i was born and raised in san jose, so i've been here my whole life. and after retiring as an engineer, i just became

more and more involved in the community. and so, when i found out about this community, it happens to be right around san jose high school, where, you know, i went to school at. and just reminded me of my own childhood and being able to give back to those--to people like myself, and just made me very happy. so yeah, i'm very happy to do it. damian: oh right, well, now the chavez family comes every year, gustavo comes every year, a lot of great vintners come every year. there's a reason they come. what do you think that reason is that they continue to say yes? dianna: i think they feel the way i feel, just that whole being able to give back to our community, being able to let people know that, "hey, we came here. we were, you know, we were young like you once. we were, you know, we were wanting to live our dreams out and everything else. and we did it, you can do it, here you go." you know, we'll do--they want to give back. so, everybody there, even the food vendors, we have artists

that come, and we're also going to have the music. everybody who comes wants to give back to their community. damian: you mentioned the artists, you're going to have some artists-- dianna: yeah, cookie gonzalez, who's a muralist in the mission district of san francisco, will be there. we have just-- damian: he was there last year, i think. dianna: he was there last year, and we're going to be dedicating this year to greg carrillo, who passed away a couple months back. he is a--was from chicano art frisco style, and he was much loved by our community and was always giving back to the community, so we're happy to be dedicating this award this year. damian: yeah, you're also honoring tomas cortez, who's a world war ii veteran who passed away recently. but you know, a lot of people--but that's kind of part of this celebration is honoring those who do a lot for others.

dianna: right, exactly. damian: and latin heat also, that's going to be the band that's going to be performing there. dianna: yeah, oh yeah; you have to come out and bring your dancing shoes, and be ready to get out there and enjoy. i mean, when i go, i just really just love the whole atmosphere of being there because people are eating great food, they're looking at the beautiful art, they're tasting all this wonderful wine that we have. i mean, there's just so much love in the community that attends this event. and this year, we're having a vip, which i have right here. so, we have a vip time from 5 to 6 that is going to be going on, so that's kind of like an extra little boost for everybody. and like i said, it is a fundraiser, so we'll have a silent auction, we'll have a live auction, and so some pretty good items will be auctioned off. damian: all right, that's wine country in silicon valley. once again, a tardeada style at the mexican

heritage plaza in san jose. there is all the information you would want. sabordelvalle.org is their web address. july 20, it's a friday evening at 6:30 there at the mexican heritage plaza in san jose. and it really is--once you start, you start going to these events, you start becoming sort of familia with those same vintners. they don't send individual pourers to pour the wine for you, the vintners themselves-- dianna: the actual vintners come and pour the wine. you're meeting the makers, you know, the shakers right here from the latino community that come out and pour these wines for you. so yeah, we have some celebrities. damian: absolutely; thank you again for sharing that with us. and up next here on "comunidad del valle," we'll meet the chavez family of chavez family cellars, stay with us.

carlo chavez is here, my guest, along with his daughter carlin chavez to tell us about their great and delicious top shelf wine; welcome to the show.

carlos chavez: thank you, damien, thank you for having us. damian: and that's all you do, right, it's all top shelf. i mean, we don't dilly dab with whatever we send to costco and to safeways? carlos: not at all; when you make 350 cases of cabernet, you got to make the best. damian: is that a year-round operation? how do you guys-- carlos: well, linda and i, our family has two businesses. one of them, we do occupational health and safety compliance for wineries and vineyards. and then the second business is our wine. damian: okay; now, tell us what you brought here because this one has carlin's name on it. so, tell us about the uniqueness of-- carlos: it is; when linda and i started our winery, we thought of a name for cabernet, which is our flagship. and carlin, carlin's blends, the reason we made a blend is because our families are blended. you know, i'm salvadoreño, linda is half mexican, half irish. and i just felt that, you know, a wine that encompassed a whole bunch of grapes, you know, cabernet, petit verdot, merlot, cab franc, malbec, all these things will blend

together just like our families. damien: and i would imagine this one's called--this is called elsa's blend, elsa's your other daughter. carlos: elsa's our daughter, but the wine actually originated as a tribute to my mother, who migrated from el salvador to the states back in the '80s, 1980 to be exact, so yeah. damien: so, carlin, when they told you-- maybe you were too young when they-- carlin chavez: i was too young, i was very young, i don't remember most of it. damian: now, and you're too young to drink the wine-- carlin: definitely, definitely. damian: do you often tell them, "that better taste good 'cause it got my name on it"? carlin: yes, i do. damian: what's it like to have your name on a label like that? carlin: it's weird, it's strange, but you get used to it. a lot of friends are like, "wow, you have your name on wine. that's crazy. do you drink it?" obviously i don't, but they always want to ask. carlos: we're looking at the next generation. we're looking for her to, if she wants to in the future, to carry the flagship of what we have created up in wine country up in healdsburg, california. damian: how big of a point is that for you that it

stays and it carries on? carlos: well, you know, being immigrants and being, you know the first ones to ever make this, and i didn't start young, i was 37 by the time i made my first commercial wine. but i was about 31 when i first began making wines. i think it's important that if they want to carry it on, they do. damian: what do you think, carlin? it's a big undertaking, and it's got a big family-- carlin: yeah, it really is. personally, i want to, i want to take it on. i want to make it bigger and better. and i want to just take what we have now and make it flourish. this is que se trata. that's what it's about. carlos: exactly, exactly. damian: what brings you back every year? when ray calls, i don't know if he even needs to call, but when he says--well, 'cause ray has a way of saying, "we need you there." no, he'll say, "you're going to be there," right? carlos: "you're going to be there. we expect you to be there." ray's awesome, he's doing a great job, you know, with

sabor del valle and the things that sabor del valle is doing with the nonprofits. he doesn't have to ask twice. the first time he asked us five years ago, it was our pleasure to come. and the familias that come together, and you seem to be seeing the same families day after day, or year after year. and you know, they come to you, they remember you. i remember seeing you there a few years back and then last year. and you know, it's familia. it's what sabor del valle is doing for the nonprofits out there is great. but what the community does coming together is even better as well. damian: the fact that you're there in a tardeada style and you're sharing what you have with the other vintners, is that a comradery, a fraternity, a sorority with all the-- carlos: my gosh, i think it's important to be there and to see all the other guys and ladies like amelia ceja,

you know, themselves, ourselves, the guys that make the wine, that tend the vines being there, sharing the fruits of our labor to the community for the goodness of it. and like you said earlier, you know, we're not sending someone to represent us. we're there, linda and i have been there every year. so, we love what ray's doing with sabor del valle for sure. damian: did linda every say, "ay carlos, what are you doing? you're crazy to be venturing--" or maybe it was her idea and you're-- carlos: you know, linda, linda is such a community-driven person that we don't have to think about it. if it's for education, if it's for healthcare, if it's to help our communities, the chavez wine will always be there. it's just a token of appreciation for our communities. damian: it's not easy, right? i mean-- carlos: making wine? it's simple. damian: i mean, making it, and marketing it, and making sure that that label stays on and you can pass it on to carlin. carlos: it is not, it is not, you know, but we have great people out there helping us and being behind us, you know?

we have restaurants that carry our wines here in san jose and across, you know, northern california. so, we are very excited for those people who are sharing our wines with other people. and it is that, it's coming together, it's opening a bottle of wine, it's talking about qué pasó ayer? you know, what happened yesterday to you? what's your life doing nowadays? it's being, you know, friendly with your amigos. damian: yeah, and we're watching your slideshow here, can people--is there a tasting room? can people come up or how could they-- carlos: well, people can call us, and we can direct them on how to get our wines. we're still on that transition of being a small vintner to growing a bit more. damian: in mass quantities. carlos: exactly; so we're still, you know, about 1,000 cases. now, we're bringing out a cabernet, sauvignon blanc, and a chardonnay this year. that is the exciting thing at chavez family.

we are releasing our first ever chardonnay from the russian river valley. damian: breaking news here on "comunidad del valle," they're making chardonnay at the chavez family cellars. well, again, they'll be at sabor del valle. they'll be pouring their wine personally. there is their web address for chavez family cellars, also for sabor del valle. we'll be back with the chavez family, stay with us. ♪ ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing, with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now.

family cellars here on "comunidad del valle." and also gloria castañeda, who is with catering for all occasions, who will be pairing the food with some of the wines at sabor del valle, welcome to the show. gloria castaneda: gracias. damian: how important is it for the pairing, make sure that whatever she brings, carlos, and whatever you provide is kind of the adequate pairing for what you're doing? carlos: it's extremely important. wine is good by itself, but it's better with food. so, if you have some foods that are, you know, red meats, you put some cabernet onto it, some red wine. if you have some pescado, you know, some fish, you pair

it with white wine, different types of white wine, so. damian: yeah, what are you bringing with you, qué va a traer? gloria: the day of the event? carolina style pulled pork sandwiches. so, that's what we're going to bring that day. damian: the same thing, i mean, you're participating in an event that is community-oriented, where people will be drinking some top shelf wine. how easy is it for you to say yes to participate in this? gloria: well, with ray castañeda, you can't say no. if he says, "you got to be there," you got to be there. i believe what they do. i strongly believe in helping the community 'cause somebody really helped me to came in to--when i came to the country and become a chef, so i needed to give back to the community. i believe what sabor del valle does for help out, reach outside. damian: all right, and you're bringing a lot of food because once you start drinking wine, you're going to be-- gloria: a lot of sliders. damian: well, there you go; now, you're talking about pulled pork sandwiches. what would go with that? carlos: well, since i make the cabernet, the chavez cabernet,

i'm going to have to put some cabernet to it. damian: so, look for carlos chavez cellars, and then that way you'll-- carlos: definitely; but you know, you can, you know, put some merlot to it, you can pair it with some merlot, some zinfandels as well. anything red would go real nice with some pulled pork, definitely. damian: do you learn something, gloria, when you attend this and people tell you, "oh, this tastes good." como le dijo ahorita, it tastes good with red wine. maybe that--i didn't know that, maybe that's something-- gloria: yes, that's something new when i go because at our business, we don't sell alcohol, but people sometimes ask, "hey, what should i bring when i buy your food?" and sometimes, i don't know what to tell them 'cause i'm not a wine expert. but when i go to these places, i learn from them. damian: well, now you know it's called carlin's blend, right? and again, you can't say enough just about the comradery that's there because you saw everybody's kind of dressed down, it's a tardeada style, and you're there to have a good time, drink some great top shelf wine, and meet the vintners like yourself. and then giving back at the same time, i mean, it's like four things in one. carlos: i think it's just so important that,

you know, ourselves are there. let me say it again, it's the fact that, you know, when ray calls, we're not sending, you know, a rep. we're coming, we're going to be there, we're going to pour our wine, we're going to share our wine, we're going to tell the story. we're going to tell them how we, you know, struggled to make the wines and how the road was paved by others, other mexicanos out there. and now that the road was somewhat built, now we're traveling that road and trying to make it better for the next generation that will come and try to travel that road that we're traveling right now. damian: and kind of the same thing for you, gloria, because you mentioned that somebody gave you an opportunity, you came to this country as an immigrant. now, by doing--you're giving back as well because-- gloria: that's correct; we help with the community, the young kids, teaching how to eat healthy. that's one of the main focus in our business. giving back, it's so important. the same way somebody believed in me, i had to believe in the young kids. in our business, we have a lot of young kids that attend to

berkeley or different universities, and they come in the weekends, they come directly to work. they're not even called. "you have work for me?" they know there's always something in the kitchen to do. damian: that's great; last question, carlos, do you find yourself that maybe you're sharing ideas with the other vintners there? because you know, you share the same backgrounds, same struggles, same stories. are you sharing ideas, or just more there to kind of say, "que te vaya bien," and they wish the same to you. carlos: i think by the time that we're there, you know, nowadays with our wines, you know, gustavo and amelia and all the other ones that show up, you know, we're having fun. we're enjoying ourselves. damian: it seems that way, it really does. carlos: you know, you've been there. and by now, we're just enjoying, disfrutando. but you know, we need to not forget that this path that we are creating for others to believe in themselves to say, "hey, you know the chavezes did it." and it wasn't easy, but we did it. you know, the cejas, the--all these--all these companies that started very small, and then they've grown to be

now vintners in wine country. not only, you know, making wine, but in sonoma county. it's very lovely for us to be there. damian: well, you're all--give us a sense of pride, all of you vintners out there. and you know, there's your website there on the screen if you want to find out more information. also, the website for sabor del valle. again, it'll be happening at the mexican heritage plaza in san jose this coming friday, so make sure that you are there for that. thank you all so much for what you're doing. ♪ damian: and here's our contact information. you can follow me on twitter. my handle is @newsdamian. we'll see you again here next week, buenos días. ♪ cc by aberdeen captioning 1-800-688-6621 abercap.com

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