Danny Tate, a 54-year old musician who has written a top 10 hit and composed tunes for several popular TV shows, has had his legal rights restored after a marathon 2 ½ legal battle.

His woes started in October 2007 when a judge had Tate declared mentally disabled at an “emergency hearing”.  This in spite of the fact that he was not represented by legal counsel or even present at the said hearing.

Three months later the songwriter was once again devlared to be disabled and put into a locked psychiatric ward after he was denied a request for a lawyer.

A small crowd of supporters applauded Judge Randy Kennedy (ironically the same judge who was responsible for passing the initial judgement against Tate) when he issued his ruling from the bench.

Tate had been stripped of his rights after his older brother, David Tate, petitioned the court, claiming that his younger sibling was in the grip of a grave drug addiction and spending between $500-$800 a day on crack cocaine.

David Tate, 60, has maintained that he did what was necessary to save his brother’s life.

The songwriter now, although free, finds himself out of pocket since a disabled person with money foots the entire bill for the court battle over conservatorship. Every time a motion was filed against him, the songwriter paid for it.

WineChannelTV with CEO/Host, Jessica Altieri have released the exclusive online web video series, “American Wine Divas”. The initial web video interviews will be released this week featuring Janet Trefethen, Joy Sterling, Amelia Ceja and Robin Lail.

Americas’ leading “Women Wine Stars” were honored guests for the Dallas Chapter of Les Dames D’Escoffier 21st Raiser Grazer Women Stars of Food and Wine. The charity event is a scholarship fundraiser for young women entering the food, wine and hospitality industry.

The web video series features one on one interviews with these true American Wine Divas: California’s Joy Sterling (Iron Horse Vineyards), Dolores Cakebread (Cakebread Cellars), Janet Trefethen (Trefethen Family Vineyards), Robin Lail, (Lail Vineyards), Amelia Ceja, Ceja Vineyards and Kathryn Hall (Hall Wines), as well as Texas wine luminaries – Susan Auler (Fall Creek Vineyards), Gina Puente-Brancato (La Buena Vida Vineyards and La Bodega Wineries), and Caris Turpen (Lightcatcher Winery).

The video series was made possible with the gracious effort of the Les Dames members, including: Renie Steves, Janet Cobb, Deborah Orrill, Sally Bolick and the outstanding video contribution of Marla Watson-Werst, Michael Fugate and Peapod Productions.

Beginning this week, May 24, 2010 and over the next two weeks, WineChannelTV will be releasing the individual videos interviews. Visit WineChannelTV weekly for the exclusive American Wine Diva web videos.

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