You want hot days to get your fruit ripe but then you want it to cool off nicely at night so that the grapes stay on the vine longer and develop complexity.

The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.

The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down.

I kind of picked up the game at an early age. The way that other kids would learn what a fork or a spoon is.

It is the best feeling in the world to have a close game come down to just a couple of plays and you are able to do it.

It's a really interesting and diverse business. You're a farmer first, then a winemaker, then you're onto marketing and distribution. So it's multi-faceted and really engaging. I've learned more in the last couple years than in the ten prior to that, so it's been pretty interesting.

I feel pretty good when I get out of bed in the morning. I don't feel all beat up, which is nice.