DeWayne Holmdahl is the host of the Wine Show, "From the Growing of the Grape to the Glass" on AM 1440 & AM 1410, also streamed online at AM1440.com, on Saturdays from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

DeWayne Holmdahl has been a resident of Santa Barbara County since 1944. During the period from 1963 to 1980, he was Director of the Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau and a State Director of the California Farm Bureau Federation. As a Director of the Santa Barbara County Fair, he promoted the first wine judging event, which attracted 47 local wineries and 200 varieties of local wines. Holmdahl, as a Santa Barbara County Supervisor, was also instrumental in helping to promote the "wine and veggies" event in Washington DC kicking off California Tourism Month in 1985. As a Lompoc City Councilman, he has worked with the wineries and vineyards in the Santa Rita Hills Appellation which is just east of the city of Lompoc. Just recently, he was a wine judge in the 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition during the week of January 8, 2007, in additional to Santa Barbara County Wine Competition in April 2006 and 2007.

Along with his background and support of the wine industry, Holmdahl
brings to his listeners valuable and interesting information on WINE-from the "Growing of the Grape to the Glass". You can learn more about DeWayne's wine show at www.grapetotheglass.com.