From Frontier to Frontrunner The Miracle of Napa & Sonoma
In two hundred years Napa and Sonoma went from being the furthest tip of the Spanish Empire, to a world class wine producer and luxury tourism destination. How did that happen? The story is a remarkable confluence of exceptional locations, advances in transportation, humanity's ancient, enjoyable relationship with wine, and a colorful cast of daring, and often outrageous characters.
This story gives the audience a uniquely entertaining perspective of this wonderful place to enhance their enjoyment during their visit. This talk can fill a greeting spot, or a full platform position, in which we add material customized for the location, plus a fun wine tasting tutorial. It can be presented with or without photos and video. Visiting planners have the opportunity of purchasing our tour and story books as gifts for their group at a discount. Our presentation fees run from $1500.00 to $5000.00 depending on the length of the program.
The presenter, Ralph DeAmicis, hosts Wine Country at Work TV monthly at Napa Valley Television, and weekly at Sonoma KSVY Radio. He co-authors the region's most popular wine tour books, along with a story series about Wine Country.
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Stories
Our stories come from our book 'Wine Country in Shorts, book series including 'Our Favorite Napa Stories', and 'Our Favorite Sonoma Stories'. Sharing the remarkable local history, with insights into the wine industry is a perfect way to greet large and small groups. The story of the mix of vision, hard work and luck that led to the North Bay wines becoming world famous is a very entertaining experience! To inquire about availability please use the Contact Page. and Specify Stories or Team Building Seminars and we will send you the related materials.
Some of our Favorite Stories at the Historical Society

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