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The Winemakers
Genre	Reality television
Directed by	Kevin Whelan
Presented by	Brian von Dedenroth
Judges	Mark Oldman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producer	Lisa Hepner
Production company	Free Run Productions
Original release
Network	PBS
Release	October 2009 (2009-10) – present

The Winemakers was a reality television series that followed twelve winemakers competing to create and market a wine.[1] It was broadcast on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and was the channel's only competitive reality series. Season 1 took place in Paso Robles, California. Season 2 was shot in the Rhone Valley of France and aired on PBS in the fall of 2011.^[1]

References

^ Archived August 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}

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