Tony Lewis: A love of music and of wine makes a very unique experience

Tony Lewis was born in California. His parents moved from Wales to Canada in the late 1970s but then moved to California where he was born near San Francisco. First band named Storytime in Lake Tahoe. Went to recording school in Huntington Beach, CA and became an entrepreneur, recording bands. Opened a recording school in Long Beach, then went to Hollywood, right at Sunset and Vine! Finding creative ways to make money in the extremely competitive L.A. music business. Auditioning for Capitol Records… on the sidewalk! Making the transition from musician to recording engineer. Complete life transformation from having his first daughter. Unemployment! Then being invited by his father to move to Kelowna in 2007. “It’s just like California!” Starting as a big fan of beers, but had no real appreciation for wine. Okanagan Villa became Vibrant Vine. The unbelievable amount of physical labour required to run a successful winery. Different ways to learn: the long and meandering way or the fast and efficient way. Learn Tony’s secret favourite place to get a breakfast Outgrowing arrogance, immaturity, and lack of deep gratitude Untangling all of the rules and regulations of the liquor business in British Columbia An amazing discovery: Wine in barrels next to drums or other music react chemically different than wine that isn’t exposed to music! The Orphan Grape: helping the people of Haiti, including farmers, through wine sales. Opening Cahoots, a cidery, and Frequency, a new winery. Chladni plates and research into the effect of sound on liquids, including averting bottle shock on wine. Masaru Emoto was a Japanese author, researcher, photographer and entrepreneur who said that human consciousness has an effect on the molecular structure of water. Tony’s own experimentation at Frequency proves this theory to be true! Tying it all together: a love of music and a love of wine and winemaking, makes an amazing life and business. Wine is a story in a bottle. All about the Frequency recording studio: over 400 bands have come through so far. Ok for children to play music in there, with a waiver Oops 2012 was a Double Platinum, World Wine Competition winner in Geneva Switzerland, beating out 10,000 other entries. The secret formula to how he did it! Cultivating a spirit of gratitude is the key to success in the wine business, the music business and in life https://tinyurl.com/y8jax3xb