From the perspective of 3½ decades in the wine industry, I can assure you right now that things have never been better in this market and the future looks outstanding.

Middle age is when you drink wine.... That combined with the health message means that you get a lot of aging baby boomers with coins in their pockets that are out to buy better quality wine.

Dennis is passionate about the wine business. His experience from a local, state, national and global perspective has helped shape the Paso Robles wine industry. Dennis understands all aspects of the business from the economics of grape growing and wine production to branding and marketing, which has strengthened and moved our industry forward.

I think part of it is that my location has been good right here, next to Wine Sellers and Sullivan Taylor (Coffee House). At Christmas time we certainly compliment each other.

Sanitation, get that acid right, get your sugars right according to the wine you're making and you'll always make good wine.

Some are from the world of the arts, some from the fields of business, architecture, wine-making and education. What they have in common is that they are all known nationally -- and many internationally -- for their wide-ranging achievements.