I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the beverage business.

I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, James did well on a show the wine director at the Four Seasons in Dallas and

also the co-founder of the Texanth event in Dallas as well. Hello sir, how are you?

Great, how are you?

Nice to have you here.

Thank you. It's nice to be here.

Where did you grow up?

Manney Louisiana, which is in the northern part of Louisiana, middle of nowhere.

So pretty close to Texas, so?

Yes, 15 miles from the Texas border.

What was that like as a kid?

Different.

Yeah.

Especially at the time I grew up, but it was great. It was an

idyllic place to grow up. Lived out in the country, so had lots of freedom.

Very much enjoyed it. What was the family situation?

Father is a preacher, most of his family especially the males are preachers and builders and then my mother's

family were teachers so I got a lot of instruction when I was young. But in an easy-going way or more

and not like wrapped the knuckles kind of way. Wrap the knuckles early and then later chilled out a little bit more and we as you got taller and able to kick your

dad's ass exactly as I was as I was able to defend myself I I was better off no

they were they were great parents. They instilled a lot of I think

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