I have lived in Minnesota for most of my life, and I have been around the wine and spirits industry for just about as long as I could work, starting as a dishwasher, then spending years serving tables at various restaurants. Most recently, I was the manager of a corporate run liquor store for a couple of years where I truly began to enjoy this vast and incredible world of wine and spirits. Every week I would spend many hours talking to distributors about the stories, families, and the “how it’s made” of each of their suppliers’ products and I would just absorb. It was always a great pleasure of mine to relay this information to literally anyone who would listen.

I try to enjoy life as much as I can, looking on the bright side of things. I love to spend time with friends and family, gathering around a fire in the summer and fall, camping, doing really anything outside. I play softball all summer, and (try) to get out often to Nordic ski in the winter. This past couple of years my brother and I have even started golfing as well- a day we go home with the same ball we get there with is of course a miracle but who needs to get into that…

I have always lived my life letting my work ethic and positive thinking kind of dictate where I work, and I am unbelievably happy with where I have landed. It is seriously so wonderful to sell delicious, sustainable products for a family-owned company that truly cares.