You Never Know

Our producer, Mia Wood, had a very good meeting with a VC in New York last week and he is very interested in BTS. We hope to raise some money to be able to produce more content ahead of the possibility of going back to Cannes in April. Several entities expressed an interest in BTS but we didn't have enough episodes to be viable at the moment. People universally liked the program so we are trying to get the capital to create more shows. Any help, in any form, would be greatly appreciated!

Heard back from an Internet portal in Chicago who screened us at Cannes and she's looking at buying the pilot...fingers crossed!

All for now...hoping that '11 will be as creative and optimistic as '10 was!

Happy Holidays from all of us at Behind The Seeds!

www.metropolitanreport.com

Check out the wonderful article about Dario and Il Castello at www.metropolitanreport.com...

BTS-A-THON

So...the feedback we've been getting is that BTS is very good and that if we had more episodes folks like the National Geographic Channel and Shine International (NBC) might be interested in buying us...

With that in mind we are busy looking at how we can produce more content. We have some great ideas such as counterfeit wine, a little vineyard in Chinon which is the lifelong dream of the woman who owns it, the originator of bio-dynamic wine growing in Vouvray and a virtual vineyard in Carneros.

Therefore, this is a general appeal (unfortunately there are no coffee mugs or tote bags to give away...)to anyone...either you or someone you know...who might be interested in the possibility of investing in the program.

Let us know!!

Thanks...

We promise that, if we get picked up, we'll retroactively award the abovementioned mugs and totes...

Shhhh!

All quiet on the BTS front for the time being.

In fund-raising mode and researching new content. Have two episodes in mind...one in Chinon, France and the other in Carneros (Napa) California.

Also prepping to possibly re-edit the pilot.

Onward and upward!

And thanks for your support.

BTS loves you all...

Stay tuned!

Airtime...!

BTS aired on KGO-TV in San Francisco on Aug. 28th...yay!! And...Espresso TV in The UK wants to screen the program...

KGO...!

Looks like KGO in San Francisco, the ABC affiliate (and Spencer's station) will be airing BTS in the very near future. As they say, "stay tuned...!"

For Sale...

We may release the pilot featuring Dario Sattui and Castello di Amorosa in Calistoga, California.

Stay tuned...!

Who Knew?

It turns out that Shine International, a group that was interested in BTS at Cannes, has a bungalow on the Universal lot in L.A. The email address is a part of the NBCUNI designation...

They requested, and were sent, a copy of the show to be screened...

It would be very cool to be a part of that "family..."

Think Seinfeld...!!

Winelovers Unite!

Kevin Weyl, BTS Director, has been invited to speak at the next meeting/tasting of Winelovers of Connecticut...another place to talk up BTS!

Oh, Canada!

Heard from a Canada TV Cannes contact who might be interested...yeah!!

Parrothead...

Might get an interview with Jimmy Buffett during the Northeast portion of his summer tour...he apparently loves wine...who knew!! Thought it was only Margaritas...

RLTV

Heard from RLTV (Retirement Living TV) today...possibility of a phone meeting with the programming director...could be a good fit...the right demo...we'll see...

A Movie?

Spoke with the Oprah Winfrey Network rep and they might be interested in a feature length version of BTS with Dario's story in greater detail...hmmmmmmmmmmm...

Interest!

We have some interest at the National Geographic Adventure Channel and from a web portal in Chicago...

That's the kind of news we like to get! Yeah, Baby!!!

Show Me More!

Getting feedback from some follow-up emails...people who have screened the clip at www.watchatlantic.com want to see the whole program...that's a very good sign...!

Keep em' comin'!!

OWNership!!

Registered the show with The Oprah Winfrey Network today...hope they like the trailer enough to want to follow up. Had a good meeting with their rep at the MIP so maybe that will count for something...!! More crossed fingers...anybody got some to lend...!? Runnin' out!!

Post Mortem...

The MIPTV/Doc Festival is over and what a show!

We met hundreds of TV professionals, buyers and producers and came away with many good contacts, especially at the nascent Oprah Winfrey Network, The National Geographic, A & E and Discovery's TLC (The Learning Channel)

Now the hard work of sorting through everything and following up...but a good start nevertheless.

Really glad we went...now let's hope the effort bears fruit. Here's to the future!!

Pressing On!

BTS Director Kevin Weyl was interviewed by the French press group www.pressalpesmaritimes.com appearing today.

They are covering the MIPTV Festival in Cannes and wanted to know about BTS and what Kevin's experiences had been in Cannes.

Following the articles in www.thebeveragejournal.com, www.metropolitanreport.com and www.nhregister.com it's wonderful to have some international coverage.

Getting the word out!!

Great Meetings

More great meetings today...with Italian TV RAI and with Discovery...possibly the BBC and A & E later...

Good energy here in Cannes!!

Cannes, Cannes!

In Cannes...met with The Oprah Winfrey Network and A & E...the wheels are certainly turning!

Provence!

In Avignon for the night...pick up credentials in Cannes tomorrow...one more day...Festival starts Saturday morning...can't wait!!!

Pareee!

In Paris getting ready to go to Cannes. Had dinner with a member of the prestigious Academie Nationale du Vin...what an education!

Off to The Loire Valley tomorrow for some meetings at several wineries and then heading south.

Good stuff all around!!

Off To The Races!!

Off to Cannes tomorrow night...keeping fingers crossed for a great Festival. Send good energy our way April 9-17...let's get a buzz going and get this this on the air!!

Thanks for all of your support...much appreciated!

Bon Voyage et Bonne Chance!!

Read All About It!

Director Kevin Weyl was interviewed today by The New Haven Register, a Connecticut newspaper. The article will come out sometime during the next two weeks. Watch for it at www.nhregister.com...!

More Good Press

Read the wonderful article at www.metropolitanreport.com about the program.

Editor-in-Chief Doug Singer produced the piece and it is fantastic to have such positive promotion.

One week until Cannes and finishing the prep...too much to do in not enough time...so what else is new!?

The Genuine Article

The April issue of www.thebeveragejournal.com will be out soon featuring a great article about the show. Check it out after April 1st...!!

Two weeks until Cannes...last minute prep...!!

Dream a Little Dream

Saw Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks SKG at the Press Event in Manhattan for the upcoming movie "How To Train Your Dragon" with America Ferrara ("Ugly Betty")

He wished us well on our trip to the MIP-TV/DOC Festival in Cannes in April.

Glad to have those well wishes in our universe...Lord knows he's a success...and his will rub off on us...!!

Three weeks and counting...

Press on!

Just got word that we'll be featured in an article in the April issue of www.thebeveragejournal.com

...and we're going to be interviewed for a possible article in the Connecticut newspaper, The New Haven Register.

...and possibly The Hartford Courant, another Connecticut newspaper.

Wonderful news!

Feedback is appreciated...

Blue Sky

Met today with the producer of Robots and Ice Age...

He was very encouraging about the trip to Cannes...said it was the right thing to do.

Who knows...maybe the show will be animated in the future...imagine a cartoon of Spencer...as a robot...Spencebot...the wine drinking caveman robot!

One never knows...wonderful!!

Press Releases

Met with a wonderful woman who freelances for Bloomberg News and Agence France Presse.

She helped with getting a press release out to some newspapers in the hopes of getting attention.

She may also write a story for publication in the above outlets.

Spreading the word!

Also created the contact at the MIP-TV/Doc Festival in Cannes, France. Thousands of people will hopefully screen the show...fingers crossed!!

Also hope to have an article written for Aqua Cabana Magazine edited by Doug Singer of www.metropolitanreport.com

Facebook!

Check out our new Facebook page...Behind The Seeds with Spencer Christian...

Become a fan! Give us feedback! Spread the word!

Thanks!!

Good Promo Stuff

Met with the publisher of Connecticut/Rhode Island Beverage Journal and he wants to run an article about the show...good possibilities there.

The more folks who know about BTSw/SC the better.

Look for the article in the May or June issue...www.thebeveragejournal.com

Strategy

The good news is that we are working with a Web Strategist to launch a site dedicated solely to Behind the Seeds with Spencer Christian. It should be up soon with a full strength blog and links to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter as well as clips of episodes, interviews and works in progress.

We also hope to get an interview at AOL.com in their "Black Voices" section for Spencer. We met with a correspondent there and she was very interested.

So that's it for now...preparing for Cannes in April...fingers crossed. Should be great and hopefully profitable for the show!

http://www.watchatlantic.com/



Feedback...! Please!!

Watchatlantic!

Go to www.watchatlantic.com for a clip of the show. The site is underconstruction so forgive us...but we wanted you to see it right away!

Give us feedback...we really want it!

Have fun and thanks!

Moving the Ball

Had a wonderful meeting in New York with a woman who is interested in husbanding BTS through the process at a major web content provider...plus she's a writer with a column and is also interested in conducting an interview with Spencer to be turned into a pre-review and then a review...once we launch.

Getting ready for Cannes and the MIP-TV/Com Festival in April...hoping to secure a deal...fingers crossed.

Also have tentative interviews set up with Georges DuBoeuf (Beaujolais), Gerard Bertrand (Languedoc) and Didier Noel (Cotes du Rhone.) These will be incorporated into future episodes.

Moving right along!

Moving Right Along

We're getting closer to a web presence where you'll be able to finally see "Behind the Seeds." We have some top designers/strategists from New York and Pennsylvania on the task and hope to be up and online very soon.

We are also getting ready for Cannes in April...MIP-TV...the convention of content producers and buyers...where we hope to find a home for "Behind The Seeds."

We have also been working on our next episode...should know more in a few weeks and we'll post the info here.

Also still looking for any good ideas for upcoming episodes so if you have any please leave a comment and maybe some good contact info, either for yourself and/or the subject of a program you'd like us to produce.

More later...stay tuned!

The Web

Well, we're getting our website organized. We had a long conversation with a designer the other day and he is helping to define strategy, look and purpose.

We hope to have the site up and functional soon so we can begin to show clips of the program.

We want to invite feedback as well as begin to develop a following.

We may be able to get a few more episodes in the can because Spencer will be in Europe in April and we hope to have the resources to join him for a couple of interviews, possibly in France, Spain and/or Italy.

We may do a piece on Georges DuBoeuf (Beaujolais), one on Gerard Bertrand (Languedoc) and another on Didier Noel (Cotes du Rhone)...we'll see.

So, "onward and upward." We're looking forward to actually having the show out there for all to enjoy.

Ideas...?

So...we're researching our next few episodes and wanted to put out to anyone...if you have an interesting story or know of one that we could produce on "Behind the Seeds with Spencer Christian"...let us know...maybe we can put you on the crew as an associate producer and you'd get to go too...

Remember...passion in the wine world...what folks do because of there love of wine...from celebrities to everyman (woman)...anybody...with passion!!

Onward and Upward...

Moving the ball here...hoping for an airdate on a station in California...and hoping for some investment toward achieving our marketing goals...

One idea is to attend the MIP-TV Festival in Cannes in April...bringing Mohammed to the Mountain, etc.

But the show looks good, Spencer is great and we're looking at 2010 as the year of "BTS."

Any help from anyone will be appreciated!