Having grown up on a hobby horse farm and orchard, I have always had an interest in agriculture. I began to make wine from my family’s Concord vines at the age of 17 after mom no longer wanted to make gallons of grape jelly. This experience coupled with my fascination for science drove me to explore the intricacies of both wine chemistry and regenerative agriculture. A trip to Chile’s Casablanca Valley (a thriving cool climate wine growing region) in the spring of 2019 further solidified my passion. I have spent the last three years absorbing the teachings of pioneer grape hybridizer Elmer Swenson and horticulturist Dr Konstantin Frank and am confident in my abilities to apply those practices to growing hybrid wine grapes in my native state of Indiana.