Question: How does one go from computers to winemaking? Answer: My career has been defined by following my passions. Getting into the computer field, I was obsessed with the internet. When I was starting, you couldn’t even buy computers in stores. I started a business building computers for people. … The landscape changed. I no longer have that passion. We wrote out a list of the things I have a passion for, and eating and drink was at the top of the list. We originally thought that meant a vineyard. Turns out I can’t grow a thing. My wife had the idea of starting a winery. I kept working my corporate job in New Jersey. Eventually I left my job and did a winery (Grape Escape) there.