Tom Kees
“Exec Producer & Host”
“TK,” as he is known to many, originally hails from Sacramento CA, where he created and hosted a radio show for three years called the “Golf & Grape Guys” on the most listened to station in Northern California.
He launched the Golf, Grape & Grub Show in the Dallas/Fort Worth market a decade ago after moving there. The show was Nationally Syndicated on the BizTalk Radio Network. Catching the social media wave, the GGG Show is enjoyed Globally on FB Live. Podcasts are featured on BizVod.com and aired on all their networks including: Biztalk Radio, BizTV, and You Too America as well as all of their affiliates. Listening to him on air, you’ll never know what he’ll say next. In 19th hole fashion, it usually makes his co hosts blush.
A wine aficionado and collector for over 30 years, TK was a proprietor of a wine bar and cafe that boasted a selection of 500 premium wines. He has tasted with, interviewed and created relationships with most of the acclaimed vintners and winemakers in Nor Cal.
TK also has an extensive golf background as a college and amateur player. He has been a tournament director of several professional and amateur golf events. While in Houston, he directed a Senior PGA Tour event that featured a host of celebrities including President George H.W. Bush, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Clint Eastwood, Dinah Shore and several others.
Pam Wood
“Co Host”
When you hear those stilettos clicking and the door slamming, you know that GGG Co Host Pam Wood is Out of the Kitchen and conducting interviews on the golf course, in restaurants or wine bars. Though her full-time job is that of a technical writer and graphic designer, she manages to sport a single digit handicap.
With over three decades of playing amateur and competitive golf, Pam has worked in golf marketing and was a weekly contributor for ESPN Radio’s Golf Connection and a former CBS television anchor. A former Board member at Colonial Country Club, she is happy to make reservations for dinner and tee times. Of course she loves wine when she finds the 19th hole.
John, Nancy, and Kristin Bria
“Contributors”
John & Nancy Bria call Napa home; we call it the “Western Headquarters of the GGG Show.” “JB” has been drinking wine since birth (he’s Italian!). They are high school sweethearts who reconnected later in life. JB launched TK into quaffing fine wine over 35 years ago. Thank you, Thank you, Thank You!! So GRATEFUL!!
He has been collecting wine for nearly 50 years and has a robust cellar, although he lost some during the earthquake a couple years back. OK, the garage was a “red river”. Straws anybody? He and Nancy roam Sonoma & Napa going to tastings and rounding up wineries that make sense for the GGG Show. TK calls them the “caretakers” of our adult Disneyland.
“With early memories of dipping French bread into her Father’s glass of vino, it’s no surprise Kristin Bria has continued to develop her love of all things wine related. Acorns and Trees. Growing up in the Napa Valley didn’t hurt, either. While she works her desk job during the day, any time off is spent on the quest for the perfect Pinot Noir, earning her the nickname “Pinot Princess.” One of her favorite pastimes is joining John and Nancy on GGG assignment tastings.”