EMINENCE ROAD - Key Persons

ABOUT US: Prior to getting into the wine business Andrew worked in publishing as an art director and Jennifer did internet marketing for the apparel industry. Living in New Jersey and working in Manhattan they developed an interest in wine that soon turned into an obsession with France's Loire Valley. In 1996 Andrew made his first batch of homemade wine using a kit received as a present from his brother along with a note saying "If you really want to learn about wine why don't you make some?" That batch--from a grape concentrate--came out pretty terrible, but the process was fascinating and soon fall centered around grape runs to the Finger Lakes and stomping fruit in the driveway. Each year the home winemaking grew bigger, moving from the basement to the garage and finally to a barn in upstate New York where in 2008 they made the first commercial wines under the Eminence Road Farm Winery label.