I don’t think there was one particular wine, but during my junior year at UCLA, I went abroad to Europe, and it was legal for me to drink. Ironically, despite the fact that I grew up in the Napa Valley, it was that year abroad that that got me thinking about a career in wine.

My family moved to Spottswoode in 1972, so I grew up in and around the vineyard, doing things like suckering the vines and cleaning out the emitters; but it wasn’t until 1987 that I officially came to work at the winery—so 28 years.

This is an area we take a great deal of pride in. This year marks the 30th anniversary of our decision to begin farming our Spottswoode Estate Vineyard 100 percent organically. In 1985, before ‘sustainable’ and ‘green’ became commonplace, we transitioned to organic farming, and in 1992, we became only the second estate vineyard in Napa Valley to earn CCOF organic certification.

There are so many … but Jack Davies, the founder of Schramsberg Vineyards, was very kind to me, and offered guidance and showed an interest in my career.

After graduating from UCLA, I joined a wine brokerage that represented an amazing list of wineries, among them Joseph Phelps, Caymus, Saintsbury and Pine Ridge. At the time, the wine scene in the Bay Area was really getting going, with restaurants like Chez Panisse, Santa Fe Grill and Stars helping to build awareness. This was also when Liquor Barn was just starting up. It was an exciting time to get involved.

On the environmental side, David Brower, who founded the Sierra Club, and/or Edward Abbey would be amazing. On the acting side, Cary Grant was terribly handsome in his youth – as was Christopher Plummer. On the athletic side, I think it would be great to talk with Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf.