i don't see myself walking away from amazing grapes.'m trying everything i can to keep this alive. >> in the u.s., wine retailers generate over $9.5 billion every year. i think amazing grapes can be turned around, and i want a piece of it. all these boxes. i always believe that first impressions are lasting impressions, and my first impression of walking into amazing grapes is there's clutter everywhere. it's disturbing. live music in a wine store. [laughs] ay-yi-yi. wow. i couldn't believe how much inventory was in this place. sometimes, too much selection is awful. how are you? i'm marcus. >> how you doing? brian, pleasure, welcome. >> nice to meet you. >> you too. >> it's a little bit bigger than i thought it was gonna be. >> 1,800 different skus of wine in this space. >> is that what's in here, 1,800? >> yeah. >> huh. no one has time to look at 1,800 varieties. i'd be willing to bet that half of it doesn't even sell. how long have you worked here? >> today's my second day. >> is it? >> yeah. >> look what you were signing up for. >>

and sonoma to show you how great that region is and what it's all about the grape wine, fabulous restaurants and some amazing make sure to join us friday morning for a special zip trip to sonoma county. our special will air live from 9 am until 10 am. you will see it right here on ktvu fox 2 and streaming it live on ktvu.com. >>> that's nice because sonoma county we lately have been talking about fires and power outages and will be nice to talk about those amazing stories about such a great area. >> i went to this restaurant called the let in healdsburg. it's named after the shut and the brother on the place. i was very happy. sal but i produce these other people who help me. active. wait a minute. we do traffic.westbound from he traffic. 37, slowing there. we are kind of easing into the commute. highway 4 has low traffic and 80 between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze, a nice- looking commute and at the bay bridge we have some slowing. no problems on the actual bridge in the fog is not an issue. check out the golden gate bridge. you can see both towers and you can see over to marin. visibility is

grapes. family-owned wineries have invested heavily in accommodations for the spectacular vistas. without visitors, they are essentially cut off. as well as much of the community. >> we have amazing restaurants, you're walking around the shops, so you have to think about all the people that depend on that. >> reporter: half of the winery dodged two bullets, one, the fire did not consume it, and two, the jackson family winery, lint their generator and they call this a miracle. >> our daughter called a good friend of jackson and they said it is there. thankfully, we are back up and running. >> reporter: one country is a beautiful job at a beautiful place. >> nice beautiful days, cold, crisp it is starting to turn colors. so as far as i'm concerned, this is one of my favorite times of the year. >> reporter: if the drive is too far, they have websites that you can if you wish order online. but you will miss the serene scenery of fall in the wine country. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> pg&e workers were spotted at the transition tower belying believe to be in the ignition of the kincaid fire. multiple pg tracks and about a dozen works were scaling the tower. the utility filed with upc say that

amazing. we also have that great sabodet sausage from monsieur reynon. oh, look at that. >> daniel's dad: oh la la. >> anthony: cabbage and potatoes all steamed in the still. the flavor you get from the fermented graped. and if you know daniel at all, he can't really help himself. he's popping up and down, serving everybody, making sure everything's just right. and sitting here with his family in the house he grew up in, you can see where it all comes from. madam and monsieur, their son, he's now a gigantic, international success. when he was a young man at 14 sneezing in the field, did they ever anticipate this? [ daniel's dad speaking french ] >> anthony: no! no early indications of greatness? but i mean, there is a line, isn't there, from the farm, and haute cuisine. they all reflect the region, hopefully. >> daniel: yeah. >> anthony: but in the best case, they're interdependent. they -- they come from each other. in fact, who cooks in the great restaurants? well farm boys, basically. that's who always cook. my deepest thanks to your mother and your father. thank you. >> daniel: merci. next time, my father will make you drive the tractor. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ [ singing in spanish ] >> anthony: i alwa