Valdez Wines in the White House
Many years ago we hired a 16 year old boy who came from Mexico to work in our vineyard? His name is Ulises Valdez. Well, since then he has been a go-getter and started with buying a vineyard of his own; married and had 4 children; purchased his own home; then started a winery. His wine with the label “Valdez” won many awards and was listed in the “Wine Spectator” magazine. Evidently the White House got wind of it. Seems the President of Mexico is going to the White House and the White House has ordered 5 cases of Valdez Wines to serve at the dinner. We just think it is so amazing that Ulises has come such a long way from being a fatherless child in Mexico (his father died when he was only10 yrs. old and his mother raised 6 children by herself – she is also now deceased. Just wanted to pass this on because Jack and I are very proud of him; he is like part of our family and we took him under our wing so many years ago.
Blog Written by Howard J Leonhardt- Owner & Founder of Leonhardt Vineyards- A California Winery Specializing in Zinfandel Wines
