RTDM: Daphne Glorian

Daphne Glorian
Winemaker
Charlotte, NC

We want to get to know you! Briefly tell us about yourself: Where you came from, where you've been and how you're living your dream?

This to me is a very awkward question, it had never really be my dream to become a winemaker, things just happened and I love it. I went to law school but hated it.

How do you define success?

Obstination

What did it take to make your dream happen and when did you know you had arrived?

Hanging in there by the skin of my teeth. I started to relax when all the wine was reserved in advance.

What are you most proud of? Go ahead, boast a little!

To have contributed to the revival of a wine region which had fallen into oblivion and whose working age inhabitants had left.

What was your biggest obstacle/fear and what was your turning point?

Every harvest is a scary time. one day I realized that worrying sick about everything was not making any difference.

What’s the best advice you’d give to a younger you?

Work harder

How do you stay motivated and purposeful when you feel overwhelmed?

I have just enough experience to know that it's going to be OK, unless I am dead.

Tell us a time when a perceived failure was actually a blessing in disguise or served you in a surprising way.

Every failure prompts me to be more attentive to details

What is your favorite vice/guilty pleasure/strange habit? Come on now, we all have them!

Chocolate

What's the smartest investment you’ve made for yourself?

Buying vats

What’s MOST important to you right now?

Learning as much as I can about everything

What have you learned to say no to?

Visits from tourists

What's something most people would never guess about you?

That I am horribly shy and naturally lazy