Jack Keller must be a VIP in the field to land on the cover if Jon
Iverson's winemaking book. In other fields, I'm sure his family would
consider him a VIP. I guess that would make all of us a VIP in one
camp or another. :-)

VIP often does not translate into being a monetary giant.

-Paul

Midlife > wrote in message >...
> in article , Edwin Pawlowski
> at wrote on 12/5/03 8:11 PM:
>
> >
> > "Mario" > wrote in message
> >
> >> If you know of any other stars or vips that produce wine, please let
> >> me know.
> >>
> >
> > Jack Keller and Lum Eisenman for starters. I'd put them in the vip
> > category.
> > Ed
>
> Just curious about the 'beyond-wine' credentials of these two men to make
> them VIPs in the sense of the original question. I did a Google search and
> see that both are influential in the field of home winemaking, but are they
> just "normal folk" or corporate tycoons, or what? Making great wine is
> enough to make someone a VIP for me, but are they in the broader sense as
> well??