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Their pinot noir. >> beautiful grapes. may i taste one? >> of course. nice and ripe, sweet, but not too sweet. jamie: amazing. >> the idea behind pino is to have berries and fermentation allowed inside the berry. jamie: how many bottles of wine am i looking at? >> about 120 gallon, roughly 50 cases. jamie: by december 2003, jimis wines are noticed around oregon and beyond. he hopes that one day his winery will be his sons inheritance. >> he stated clearly he wanted his winery to be a legacy for ...

Romance leads to marriage in september 1995. soon baby pascal arrives and jimi moves his young family back to portland. >> i remember the first time when we drove from the airport into portland, ive never seen anything like that. this beautiful river. >> reporter: . jamie: jimi gets a gig as a vineyard manager and gets a wine. he was not a winemaker but motorcycle mechanic. >> jimis goal was to make wines people enjoyed. jamie: while jimi is focused on his career, his marriage turns bitter. in 2...

Another one to his girlfriend. >> he was on the phone with his girlfriend when he mentioned that his chest was hurting and could she come over. jamie: before jimis girlfriend can arrive, jimi days of aortic aneurysm. hes 38 years old. pascal is 8. >> i think when my dad died everyone was heart broken. kids soak up the atmosphere. wasnt that i readily want to do that, you dont know how to rationalize it. jamie: jimis sister is at home with husband and two young children when she gets the call. sh...

When he grew his last crop of grapes in 2004. when it comes up for sale, brooks wines is not able to swing the deal by itself. aunt janie decides now is the time. sdru to put any of your own money in? >> yeah, my husband and i personally own the vineyard and pascal leases it from us. >> in april 2014, the brooks winery you see today broke ground. the business is still 100% owned by pascal. its no longer the fledgling label his father left behind but a big enterprise with long-term commitment. so...

Is riding high, things arent going as well for pascal. >> i think theres the age when their dad should be there, they will never get that. it was a difficult time for pascal. jamie: add to that pascal and his mom have relocated across the country from portland to pittsburgh so she could take a new job. >> when i left oregon i was heart broken. i think for me, i was still in shock. jamie: pascal spent summers in oregon, but the trips remind him of whats missing in his life. his father. what is it...

His strange inheritance. >> family winery, very nice. jamie: the story how pascal became the worlds youngest owner of a winery begins with his father, jimi brooks. jannie heuck is pascals aunt. >> as we got older and out of high school week took very, very different paths. jamie: she dips through a degree in accounting while jimi goes on the five year plan, finally gets his b.a. and finds himself by traveling through europe. >> he moved over there, took a few jobs. wed spend his money traveling ...

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