PAUL WAGNER
Paul Wagner has been an instructor for Napa Valley College's Viticulture and Winery Technology Department for thirty years. He is also a guest lecturer at many universities, including the Wintour MBA program in Europe, OIV Wine Marketing Master Class at UC Davis, and the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. He has spoken at more than ninety conferences throughout the world on wine, wine tourism, wine education, public affairs, and wine marketing. He currently serves as senior advisor, wine tourism for Expedia Cruise Ship Centers.
EVENTS PAST AND FUTURE
I have taught classes at Napa Valley College for thirty years. Here is a good video about that program.
I spoke at a UNWine Tourism Conference in Yerevan, Armenia. Alder Yarrow Moderated; Starts at 2:00:00.
The UNWTO conference on Wine Tourism asked me to moderate a panel in Rioja
Webinar on Wine Tourism recovering from Covid19 --organized by the UNWTO.
Podcast: a discussion about climate change and the world of wine.
Here is a story about Napa Valley College's wine program, where I have taught for thirty years.
Join me for a WINE CRUISE
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​October 2025: Rome to Istanbul: the Ancient Wine World.
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May 2026: American Wine Society Cruise Rome to Athens
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My Mystery Novels are great fun. Check them out on Amazon!
New Mystery out!
For more info about:
The Cruises
The Murder Mysteries
Here is a link to a podcast with a Napa Bookmine Author's night about my first mystery. Available from: Amazon.com, NapaBookmine,
Copperfields, Readers Books in Sonoma, and Mountain Home Gifts and The Mountain Bookshop in Sonora.
There are lots of characters in the Napa Valley, from iconoclastic winemakers to the many lesser lights who make those wines possible. They are not all likeable people. But only one of them ends up dead in a tank of fermenting Pinot noir. And Alex Stone, the young editor of the local paper, is in the right place at the right time.
Or is he?