Unlikely winemaker James Sparks grew up Mormon in Idaho. We talked about how the faith of his childhood led to becoming a winemaker for Liquid Farm in Lompoc and for his own label, Kings Carey. James shared his experience as one of eight children in a town of 300 people, how he wound up on the Central Coast, and how he wooed his wife despite a distinct lack of “game.”

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