Charles smith winemaker biography channel

Friends, today is a special day as we bring you one of the iconic figures in Washington wine. Charles Smith brought his rock star persona on the Washington wine scene starting in and the rest has been history. A remarkable, self-made man, Charles talks about starting his winery as well as his life as a rock band manager in his previous life.

I think you will very much enjoy hearing more about his story in wine.

VinePair caught up with "rock and roll" winemaker Charles Smith for a wide-ranging interview covering everything from his favorite wine to.

WWB: Some of the wine community may not know that you spent several years as a successful rock band manager. What was the rock and roll road life like? CS: I just started managing bands out of necessity. I was bartending at a little Rock-n-Roll bar in Copenhagen and started booking bands. People that eventually got their careers kinda started there.

It was a lot of fun. Not so much attitude but the idea that I could do whatever I set myself out to do and that really related to the fact that I decided to make wine. I created something out of nothing with the music because I needed to eat.

I am Charles Smith.

I started something out of nothing with my wine because it is what I wanted for my future and for my life. I was encouraged to start making wine and was offered the opportunity to do so by the way of some free grapes. I found that this was the thing that I wanted to do for the rest of my life. One thing led to another and next thing I know I found that I was pretty good at selling and making wine, so I decided why not bring the wine to the people.