hen I meet California State University Fresno’s Dr. Robert Wample at his office for an interview, he’s all business. I’m not surprised, given the work laid out before him some eight years ago, when the seasoned educator first took the reigns of the university’s fledgling Viticulture and Enology Department. First, there was the explicit task: to transform the new department into a world-class educational program attracting tomorrow’s top winemaking talent. And then there was the implicit – and no doubt more daunting – task: to help create a regional identity for wine in Central California’s vast, verdant and, at times, scorching Central Valley.