Candace Cameron Bure

And when we were living in Montreal as a very young married couple, he was exposed to great food and wine for the first time in his life.

Such a great city.

And so we are big foodies and enjoy great wine also.

And so as Val.

played the years through hockey and was starting to think about what is my next, my second act, what am I going to do once I retire, he knew immediately he wanted to be in the food and wine industry.

So we actually had opened a restaurant at one point, had that for a couple of years during the last two years of his career.

But we had been to Italy, we had been to France, fell in love with the wine region, and then we went to Napa Valley and Val said, this is it.

And there was a lockout year

In the NHL.

So that lockout year, nobody was playing.

He came to Napa Valley, spent the year during harvest and making relationships, understanding, just learning the whole business, spent about eight months so that when he was ready to retire, he said, this is what I'm going to do.

and did it.

And I just know my husband.

He is a very driven person.

He is also an Olympian.

And I say that because Olympians have a whole different mentality in terms of a standard that they can accomplish that I'm like, normal people just don't have that kind of dedication and commitment.

And so I know when he puts his mind to something, he will do it 110%.

And so he's like, this is what I wanna do.

And I was like, fantastic, let's go do it.

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