If you're not dealing with district issues, they won't vote for you again. You are not the only vote on the board, but you have to watch our for your constituency.

Diane is a very nice person and I respect what she is doing -- she is everywhere -- but sometimes she is not in touch with what the community is really speaking about in the rural portions.

Our current representative is not representing our community as she should, and I have been getting a lot of encouragement from business associates and friends.

Also, many consumers consider a critic to be like God Almighty.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible.