13-year-old pascal brooks remains the world s youngest winery owner, following the untimely death of his father jimi brooks. his aunt janie heuck volunteered to oversee brooks wines until its young heir comes of age, she s struggling to keep her brother s legacy afloat. that is, until she gets a phone call from a wine steward in chicago. he called me and told me he was catering a dinner and wanted to serve our riesling, and lo and behold i got a call and e-mail from the white house. jamie: brooks 2006 riesling is selected for president barack obama s first state dinner, honoring the prime minister of india. when the white house calls and places an order for a state dinner does, that wine sell out? in this case because there was so much hype around it being his first dinner, it mate it more sought after. jamie: even though brooks wines
Aunt get together with former motorcycle mechanic to make wine? let me sit down and taste that pinot before passing judgment. so aerate why? brings out the aeromatics. smell because? it gives you the sense of what you actually get. jamie: wow, i m speechless, normally i come up with tobacco and wood tree and mold in a good way, it s none of those things. okay, delicious wine, not a bad start. but selling wine is a hypercompetitive business and i ve learned getting the first bottles sold while making next vintage can require big bucks. all of this doesn t come cheap. trying to keep the demand side equivalent to our supply was a big learning curve for me. jamie: while janie goes on the road to entice distributors, pascal trolleys off to grade school, able to brag about being the youngest winery owner in the world.