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If you are lucky enough to start out
with the right up bringing to teach you
the importance of responsibility, hard
work, education, a job well done, all
the while never forgetting where you
came from and who has helped you along
the way to get where you are…
If you are not afraid to venture forth
into the unknown, to take some degree of
risk, realizing that there is much to be
learned from failure, and not being
afraid to fail…
If you are willing to put in the time
after hours, after the rest of the world
has gone to bed, to unrelentingly pursue
a dream…
And if by the grace of God you meet the
right woman to complete the half of you
that is missing even after doing all of
the other things right…
Then maybe you can walk among the
stainless steel towers and beautiful oak
barrels filled with liquid pleasure,
wrought from the soil and sweat, tears,
and years of dreaming, working, and
worrying, with the knowledge that your
whole life has been spent in the quest
for doing that which makes you the
happiest man on earth. Then, you can
share all that you have learned, toiled
for, and dreamed of with all of those
special people that have helped you
along the way to make all of this a
reality. I can think of no more
fulfilling pursuit in life, and I
consider myself to be one of the
luckiest men on earth…It is, indeed a
good thing to dream….
Chris Nelson- Winemaker, Chrisman Mill
Vineyards 6/03
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