Education has always been a priority for our Chilean-American family. My father and his four siblings, raised on the family farm in the Casablanca Valley in Chile, were sent north to attend college in the U.S. My two brothers and I all earned MBAs, as my father had, and I always loved school and the challenge and stimulation of academia.

Given the draw of education, it’s maybe not surprising that a significant Pragmatic Innovation in our Evergreen® business, Kingston Family Vineyards, has an academic focus.