to talk more about the supreme court decisions in c-span's upcoming series is executive producer mark farkas. mark, tell us a little bit more about this series -- wayne c-span doing it >> part of our -- -- i think this poll really shows that the supreme court is relevant. thes encouraging for us, series that we are doing takes a look at 12 decisions over time that really have currency today. eight of those decisions are listed in that poll. i think it shows, one, that the court plays a very important role in society, and that the genesis of this was ruth bader ginsburg talking to the national constitution center dinner. they are our partners in this. she was talking to them about the case of loving versus virginia. there are two people involved in this case, so really what the court ought to be taking a look at is not only the decisions but people involved in all these cases. we wanted to take a look at not only historic supreme court decisions but really the people involved, the personal stories, the people that care enough to take their case all the way to the supreme court. >> when will a

executive producer mark farkas will tell us more about the series about the landmark decisions. seriesll of our history need to lend currency to the current moment. since it began, this poll really shows that the supreme court is relevant. it is encouraging for us. doing takes a are look at 12 decisions over time. 8 of those decisions are listed in that poll. the court does play an important role in society. ruth bader was ginsburg talking to the constitution center dinner and she was talking to them about loving v. virginia. the point of it was she said there were two people involved in this case, so really what the court ought to be taking a look at and what americans ought to take a look at is the people involved in all these cases. we wanted to take a look at historic supreme court decisions and the people involved, the personal stories, the people that cared enough to take the case all the way to the supreme court. >> when will the series air? more background about how these cases were chosen. mark: the series is a 12-part series beginning on the first monday in october. ea

mark farkas, tell us a little bit about these series. why is c-span doing it? they lend currency to the current programming. really, since it began, i think this poll really shows that the supreme court is relevant. doing, it we are takes a look at 12 decisions over time that really have currency today. i think it shows that the court does play an important role in society and the genesis of this was ruth bader ginsburg talking to the national constitution center dinner. was talking to them about the case of loving versus virginia. but she said there are two people involved in this case and what the court to be taking a look at, it's not only the decisions, but people involved in all these cases. a look atto take historic supreme court decisions and the people involved, the personal stories. the people that cared enough to take their case to the supreme court. more background about how these cases were chosen. >> the series begins monday, october 5. the newt comes in for session and each monday night , we will to 10:30 p.m. do 90 minute programs that take a loo

mark farkas executive producer, appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> the c-span cities to were working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this week and we're joined by comcast to learn more about the history of literary life of santa rosa, california, consider part of the napa wine country. we look at the evolution of the wine industry. >> sonoma county's agriculture historic guess you could say begin with wine because the first line planted here were by general vallejo, probably in the late 1820s or early 1830s in which is a very long time ago. they were mission grace and nobody in their right mind would make wind out of them now. with that whine label -- wines labeled we are beginning to be better and better known. >> when my folks first purchased the ranch in the late '50s, they didn't know it at the time but it was, they saw quite a change in the agriculture industry happening just in our little valley. it hasn't always been the quote-unquote wine country. we have a wonderful story, agricultural history here in the valley and in sonoma county also. >>

executive producer mark farkas will tell us more about the series about the landmark decisions. mark: all of our history series need to lend currency to the current moment. since it began, this poll really shows that the supreme court is relevant. it is encouraging for us. this series we are doing takes a look at 12 decisions over time. 8 of those decisions are listed in that poll. the court does play an important role in society. the genesis was ruth bader ginsburg talking to the constitution center dinner and she was talking to them about loving v. virginia. the point of it was she said there were two people involved in this case, so really what the court ought to be taking a look at and what americans ought to take a look at is the people involved in all these cases. we wanted to take a look at historic supreme court decisions and the people involved, the personal stories, the people that cared enough to take the case all the way to the supreme court. >> when will the series air? more background about how these cases were chosen. mark: the series is a 12-part series beginning