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Florida. >> it is 2009? . 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 i...

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, jimi's wines are noticed around oregon and beyond. he hopes that one day his winery will be his son's inheritance. >> he stated clearly he wanted his winery to be a legacy for pascal. jamie: then one saturday morning in september 2004, jimi is arguing with his ex-wife about...

Handful of times, he didn't feel he had much of a legacy for pascal beside his winery. jamie: so tad and the other growers harvest jimi's crop, make it into wine and keep brooks winery alive, and janie begins the legal paperwork of transferring ownership of brooks winery to nephew pascal. she agrees to be manager of the winery without pay, there's one big problem. >> i didn't know anything about wine at all, except they like to drink it. jamie: janie bones up on vita culture, the study of grapes for wine making and asks chris to be head winemaker. >> was it important for him to take the role? ...