hello and welcome, we're in wine country and i'm mary babbitt. one of the great things about wine country is its diversity. where else can you be wine tasting one minute and whale watching the next? that's right, whether you're in the santa cruz, mendocino or the carmel valley wine country, you're not far from the launch point of a whale of an adventure in wine country. my name is nancy. i'm the marine biologist and i'll be uh talking on the pa today about what we see.perhaps you're thinking this must be a "whale of a tale"...we'll be taking off here.the idea of whale watching in wine country? for many folks, wine country and whale watching really do go hand in hand.we came out basically to get up into the napa valley, we like wine, well, especially myself. russ matzen and a group of friends visiting from virginia are combining wine tasting and a day trip with "monterey bay whale watch."i want to see some whales! we're going to an area where we went yesterday which is about another 5 miles further out. doesn't mean they're gonna be where they wer

hello and welcome, we're in wine country and i'm mary babbitt. for many wine lovers, "pisoni" on a label means a great pinot noir. well there's more than just a name behind this label. we'll get to know the famous grape grower, gary pisoni, and his family, later in our show. but first, chefs in wine country source the best ingredients from local growers. but one in particular goes the extra mile. at this chef's table, a kitchen garden makes his restaurant a total "farm to fork" dining experience. the europeans used to call tomatoes love apples, i named my farm love apple farm because ah. harry love who a is kind of an interesting figure in california history built this house in 1885, my farmhouse. so between love apple and harry love the name stuck. cynthia sandberg grows tomatoes. but these are not just any tomatoes. you'll find more than 100 heirloom varieties on the vine, at her two acre biodynamic "love apple farm," in california's santa cruz mountains wine country. i feel wedded to them. today she's picking with david kinch, chef and owner o

i'm mary babbitt. many of us dream of living and working in wine country - but how about actually setting up shop in the middle of a vineyard? we're at the home studio of artist lynn mahon, he's a sonoma county potter who works here in the grape vines. we'll get to know lynn and show you his work a little later in our show. but first, let's meet a sonoma county couple who also work among the vines. when luke porter launched porter-bass winery, he and his wife moved into a gypsy wagon in the middle of their vineyard. talk about roughing it.they don't even have plumbing. behind the label, what it takes to get a fledgling wine brand up and running.and keep it going. starting a new winery may seem exciting and fun, but when you get right down to it, it's a lot of hard work and sacrifice. would you take like this one off? yeah. just ask luke and elena bass. as a young couple starting our own business, we had to sort of prioritize our expenditures. so, everything goes to the winery. their "porter bass" winer

hello and welcome, we're in wine country and i'm mary babbitt. one of the great things about wine country is its diversity. where else can you be wine tasting one minute and whale watching the next? that's right, whether you're in the santa cruz, mendocino or the carmel valley wine country, you're not far from the launch point of a whale of an adventure in wine country. my name is nancy. i'm the marine biologist and i'll be uh talking on the pa today about what we see.perhaps you're thinking this must be a "whale of a tale"...we'll be taking off here.the idea of whale watching in wine country? for many folks, wine country and whale watching really do go hand in hand.we came out basically to get up into the napa valley, we like wine, well, especially myself. russ matzen and a group of friends visiting from virginia are combining wine tasting and a day trip with "monterey bay whale watch."i want to see some whales! we're going to an area where we went yesterday which is about another 5 miles further out. doesn't mean they're gonna be where they wer

we're in wine country and i'm mary babbitt. so you think you have it the answer to our in wine country pop quiz? our question today, what is a cooper?is it...a. the aluminum foil on the top of a wine bottle b. a person who makes and repairs wine barrels orc. a small sports carwell it is true there is a sports car called a mini cooper, but for our purposes the correct answer today is b. a cooper is a person who makes and repairs wine barrels. the craft of being a cooper dates back to the seventeenth century and, in many ways, the work hasn't changed much to this day. coopers know how to create a barrel's unique shape, including bending the wood without breaking it.the body of work produced by a cooper is called his "cooperage," a name which also refers to the place where a cooper works.and that's a cap on our in wine country pop quiz. wine country chefs find inspiration in many places. we met a sonoma county chef so inspired by european art and design, he's created a dining experience reflecting that passion.his culinary artistr