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 in 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 Christmas 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 alleged to be gamay, came out 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 then to a barn in upstate New York where it set down roots as an actual licensed winery. In 2007 they relocated to their weekend place in Long Eddy, got the barn in shape and in 2008 made the first official commercial wines under the Eminence Road Farm Winery label.