THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE VISITS ARIZONA PUBLIC TELEVISION

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE is currently making a stop in the desert lands of Arizona. We were recently notified that Eight, a public television station based on the campus of Arizona State University, is including THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE in its January programming.

On Saturday, January 9 at 10:30 a.m., Eight broadcast CALIFORNIA BOUNTY, the first episode of the three part documentary about the cultural and spiritual connotations of wine, on local channel 8.1. The other two episodes, SWEETER THAN WINE and NEW WINE, will be broadcast at the same time on January 16 and January 23.

Eight specializes in the education of children, in-depth news and public affairs, lifelong learning, and the celebration of arts and culture. More than 80 percent of Arizonans receive the signal through a network of translators, cable and satellite systems. With more than 1.3 million viewers each week, Eight consistently ranks among the most-viewed public television stations per capita in the country.

For more information about our broadcasts and related information, visit www.spiritofnewwine.com.

KTEH Life Channel includes THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE in 2010 Programming

If you live in central California and you haven’t already seen THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE, you can now find the entertaining documentary on KTEH’s Life Channel (Digital Channel 54.3).

At 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 3, the KTEH Life Channel will broadcast SWEETER THAN WINE, the second episode in THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE trilogy. In this second episode, host Denise Ingrid Brickel examines the rising presence of wine in American culture, the role of women in winemaking, the relationship between wine, sensuality and love, and the aesthetic beauty of wine.

Brickel interviews women winemakers Sarah Quider and Aimee Sunseri, Napa writer and artist Jessel Miller, Claudia Sansone, television culinary expert, and others in search of answers to the question: what intangible elements does wine present that resemble our own invisible nature?

Founded in 1964, KTEH Public Television 54 (Comcast 10) broadcasts reach homes from San Jose to the Silicon Valley. In 2006, the KTEH Foundation merged with KQED, Inc. to form Northern California Public Broadcasting, the most-watched public television and most-listened-to public radio broadcaster in the country.

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE courts Canada on WPBS

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE has finally extended beyond the boundaries of the U.S. and into Canada!

We just found out that WPBS-TV will be broadcasting THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE on November 21 at 5:30 p.m. The station has selected our first episode, CALIFORNIA BOUNTY, for its Saturday evening broadcast. For more information, CLICK HERE.

WPBS-TV reaches over 650,000 homes in Northern New York and Eastern Ontario, Canada through Broadcast Digital Channels 41 and 23. WPBS-TV is a producer of nationally syndicated programs, and the station is widely recognized for its educational children's programming.

To date, THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE has appeared on public television stations across the nation. Alaska, California (several major markets), Colorado, Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas are just some of the states in which our documentary has aired. We can’t wait to see where the ‘new wine’ will next be poured!

KQED Life Channel to debut SPIRIT OF NEW WINE

Wine lovers in the San Francisco Bay Area have a good reason to celebrate this December. Thanks to KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION, local viewers will be able to watch the first two episodes of THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE during this upcoming holiday season.

KQED has placed the documentary on its KQED Life Channel (Comcast 189; Digital 54.3). CALIFORNIA BOUNTY will air on Sunday, December 20 at 12:30 p.m., and SWEETER THAN WINE will follow suit the following Sunday, December 27 at the same time.

We are thrilled to be included in the KQED programming. KQED reaches more than 1.5 million households in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond; it is one of the nation's most watched public television stations during primetime. The KQED website has also included information about our program and a link to our own website. Access the information by CLICKING ON THIS LINK.

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE on New Hampshire Public Television's Explore Channel

New Hampshire Public Television has added THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE to its New Hampshire Explore Channel programming!

Beginning Sunday October 11 at 8:30 pm, for three consecutive Sundays and Mondays, New Hampshire viewers can turn on the television and enjoy a new perspective on the spiritual and cultural connotations of wine.

NHPTV is New Hampshire's only PBS members station, reaching about 500,000 families each week. NHPTV broadcasts more than 7,000 hours of programming a year, and provides instructional services for 206,000 students from kindergarten through high school. The public television stations also provides professional development programs and advanced technology training for educators in New Hampshire and neighboring states.

We are honored that NHPTV has included THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE among its quality programming lineup!

Wine in Alaska

Alaska is a beautiful land known for its forests, caribou, eskimoes, glaciers, wine...Yes, wine!

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE will head up to Alaskan households on October 10, 11, 17 and 18 thanks to public television station KTOO/Alaska One (channel 3).

KTOO will be airing SWEETER THAN WINE, the second episode of the doc, on October 10 and 11 at 11:30 pm and 5:30 am respectively. The following Saturday and Sunday at the same times, NEW WINE will grace local airwaves.

We have never travelled to Alaska, but at least our documentary has! If you live in the Juneau area, keep an eye out for THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE.

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE revisits Napa and Sonoma counties

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE revisits the KRCB wine auction this weekend!

A year ago, KRCB broadcast the television premiere of THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE during its annual wine auction.  Our documentary is revisiting the television screens of viewers across Sonoma and Napa Counties for the next two weekends. On Saturday October 10 and Sunday October 11 at 11 pm, KRCB will broadcast CALIFORNIA BOUNTY and SWEETER THAN WINE respectively. On Sunday October 18, the third episode, NEW WINE, will pour over wine country airwaves.

All 3 episodes will be shown immediately after the wine auction has concluded. The wine auction is a wonderful venue to raise money for the cause of public television. If you live in the Napa/Sonoma area, tune into channel 22 the next weekends, make a bid and support a worthy cause!

WSKG, a PBS affiliate in New York/Pennsylvania, broadcasts THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE

If you live in upstate New York or Pennsylvania, chances are that during the month of August, your home was filled with the spirit of new wine.


WSKG, a public television station which reaches 21 counties in New York and Pennsylvania. broadcast all three episodes of THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE in August on HD Channel 30.1. California Bounty was shown on Sunday, August 16, while the other two episodes were transmitted on Sunday, August 23 and Sunday, August 30.


WSKG is operated by WSKG Public Telecommunications Council, a private non-profit corporation chartered by the Board of Regents of the State University of New York in association with the New York State Department of Education.


If you live in the New York/Pennsylvania area and were able to watch our documentary, let us know! We'd love to hear from you!

Do you live in Denver, Colorado? PBS station will air THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE

Friday September 11, 2009 is a landmark day for THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE!

KBDI Channel 12, the PBS affiliated public television station in Denver, CO, will air CALIFORNIA BOUNTY, the first of our 3 part documentary, at 3:30 p.m. local time. At the same time on Friday September 18, KBDI will follow this with the broadcast of episode 2, SWEETER THAN WINE.


Viewers will also get the chance to see NEW WINE, the third episode in this entertaining series, on Friday September 25.


We began THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE with only a dream and a used Canon XL1s. Since then, the program has steadily gained in viewership and popularity. From KRCB in Sonoma County to WNIN in Indianapolis to WSKG in the New York/Pennsylvania area to KBDI in Denver, more and more public TV and PBS-affiliated stations are coming on board and showing our documentary to their local markets.


If THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE is not showing on your local public TV station, what are you waiting for? Contact your station and let them know you'd like to see the documentary.


THEY WILL LISTEN!!!

HELLO, INDIANA! The Spirit of New Wine premieres on WNIN

Good news from Indiana:


WNIN Public Television, the local public television station in Evansville, Indiana recently showed the first two episodes of THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE. Wine in Hoosierland!


The first episode, CALIFORNIA BOUNTY, was shown on August 10, 2009 at 10:30 p.m right before CHARLIE ROSE. The second episode, SWEETER THAN WINE, was broadcast on August 17, 2009 at the same time. Our third episode will be available to Evansville viewers on August 24.


The message of THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE is beginning to pour into different parts of the country, and we couldn't be happier. Our thanks to WNIN for selecting the documentary as parts of its prime time lineup and to the citizens of Indiana for watching us! Send your comments about the program to us at:


info@spiritofnewwine.com


Or call us at 951-275-7038. We would like your feedback!

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE steps in front of the camera at KRCB

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE stepped in front of the camera this past weekend at KRCB (PBS affiliate in Sonoma County) in every way imaginable!

On Saturday October 18, I (Tom) walked into a room full of KRCB staff, cheerful Kiwanis volunteers manning the phones, and two very funny (and tall) program hosts, Dodds Delzell and Marty Dunn, who graciously stooped down every time I appeared on camera. I co-auctioned a range of different items with Jon Phillips. Jon shared some interesting experiences with me about how he single-handedly started and is now living his "dream": Inspiration Vineyards.

That night, I auctioned off 6 blue board items consisting mostly of cabernet sauvignon and merlot wines, including the Hans Fahden cabs that we partnered to donate to the television station. I also auctioned off the Tom Harpur book The Spirituality of Wine and 12 yellow board items that included everything from lunch in a replica of a Pullman train car to 3 bottles of 'Rock-Paper-Scissors' wine (the name of the wine is Roshambo, although I never prononced it right!). All the money that was bid went to a good cause: funding local public television. We also had the chance to meet some really nice folks at the station, including Mariah Clinton, auction manager, and Nancy Dobbs, station president. Both enthusiastically cheered me on despite my many flubs.

The following day Denise and I were interviewed about our new documentary, THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE. The interview was a lot of fun, and Mick Aguilera, the interviewer and a big fan of Alma Rosa Pinot Noir (one of Denise's favorite wines) was especially entertaining. After he called Denise "the goddess of wine," it was very hard to keep a straight face on camera.

Later that evening, episode 1 of our documentary, 'California Bounty,' was broadcast. It was nice to finally see our program on television. We enjoyed the show in the company of a delicate fume blanc, a crazy cat named Doree, and Percy Brandon, good friend and general manager of Vintners Inn. Sorry about putting an apostrophe in VINTNERS, Percy. That won't happen again!

Thank you, KRCB and VinVillage, for helping us share the new wine.

Do I hear $200 anybody?

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE will be helping KRCB to auction off items donated to the television station. We will be presenting Blue Board and Orange Board items and announcing them with Jon Phillips of Inspiration Vineyards in the late evening of Saturday, October 18.

If you are in the Sonoma/Napa area, don't forget to tune in on October 18 and make a bid!

THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE on PBS next week!

Everything is in place...

The dates: October 12 and October 19. 

The time: 11 p.m.

The place: PBS affiliate KRCB Channel 22 in Sonoma County, California.

The venue: KRCB's annual live wine auction.

KRCB is premiering the first two episodes of our documentary, THE SPIRIT OF NEW WINE. We are partnering with VinVillage's CEO Rob Barnett to promote the auction. In exchange, Rob is interviewing Denise, the show's host and producer, on the last day of the wine auction (October 19) during a three minute segment that will be broadcast live sometime between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. during the auction.

Several of our program participants, including Hans Fahden Vineyards, Vintners Inn, Ferrari-Carano Winery and Tom Harpur, author of THE SPIRITUALITY OF WINE, have partnered with us to donate items to the KRCB auction. Look for these items on KRCB's website: www.krcb.org.

So we will soon be in Sonoma and Napa, enjoying the harvest landscapes, meeting new wine afficionados and promoting the doc. Stay tuned!

NEW WINE

I never cease to be amazed by the natural process in which water, without ceasing to be what it is, acquires a higher level of refinement and complexity, having synthesized many other elements like the soil, sunlight, the moon…A miracle has occurred: water has turned into wine.

Drinking wine doesn't make me more spiritual. Not drinking it does not make me more spiritual, either.

I believe that the new wine is not monopolized by any one country, ethnic group, religion or philosophy. The new wine is the tendency, the impulse that propels us towards the adventure of transformation which the human soul experiences in its elevation towards perfection. It is a painful process, as the arms of our minds and hearts have to be stretched – just like what happens with the grapevine – until we grow wings to soar above selfishness and instinctive fear, leaving behind our intoxicating narcissism.

We can choose to enjoy what nature offers us with a hedonistic and superficial attitude, and get lost in the pleasure of the senses and social glamour. Or we can choose to sharpen the palate of our souls in order to enjoy the new taste that the Spirit has set aside in reserve for those who thirst.

Denise Ingrid Brickel