'What Would You Do?' segment shot at Northport winery airs this week

The episode of the ABC News hidden-camera show “What Would You Do?" that filmed a segment last June at Northport’s Del Vino Vineyards is set to air Wednesday at 10:02 p.m. on WABC/7.

“We'll see it then like everybody else," a jovial Fred Giachetti, who with wife Lisa Giachetti owns and operates the winery and restaurant, told Newsday Monday. While no viewing party is planned for the premiere “because it’s a weekday and school's still in session for those people who have kids," the couple plans to host a viewing in the near future.

“We’re thinking about doing it over at the vineyard for some of our special VIP guests at some later date," said Fred Giachetti, 58, of Northport, “and also stream it on some of our video [at the restaurant] because people who didn't see the episode would like to see it, and it’s not that long."

Hosted by John Quiñones, the series, which ran from 2009 to 2020 before returning for season 16 in February 2024, records real-people reactions to staged scenarios often involving whether to intervene to help a stranger. The locally shot segment, one of four in season 17, episode 13, involves “a bride demanding that guests pay to attend her wedding," according to the network’s logline.

“We had such a wonderful experience" with the production that took place last spring, Giachetti recalled. “The staff was super excited about it. It was just something unique that we were able to do for not only ourselves but our patrons and our guests as well as our employees. So it was just fun all the way around."

The production had done its setup on June 18, and then shot for two days beginning the following day — which the Giachettis belatedly realized was Juneteenth, a national holiday, with many people off work and going out to eat.

“We were so busy that day," Lisa Giachetti told Newsday at the time. “And then our [electronic order-taking] point-of-service system went down! So I have 275 people seated and a 50-person crew trying to film, and I can't communicate with my kitchen, I can't close out credit cards ... . We had to go old school," with her young waitstaff — many of whom had never worked with pen and paper — writing down orders and walking them to the kitchen."

Del Vino, which real estate attorney Fred Giachetti and his psychologist wife opened to the public in November 2018, has indoor and outdoor dining, with a number of three-hour seatings daily. During the shoot, they placed the crew’s production base in an upstairs dining room.

Quiñones monitored the action from a ground-floor anteroom before choosing the moment to step out and reveal that the scenario was staged.

And he did stay in touch with the Giachettis after, Fred said. “He called and told us he was a fan of our wine. So we were very excited that he enjoyed it so much."