(Donated by Butcher's Wine and Spirits with Special Thanks to Coach Switzer)

 

Switzer has established Switzer Family Vineyards, a line of wine originating in the Napa Valley.  Switzer became educated on wine while coaching the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones considered himself a wine connoisseur; the night before games, Switzer and Larry Lacewell would dine with Jones over elaborate dinners. “So I learned what good wine was,” Switzer said.

“My rural home in Arkansas was a shotgun house built in 1893. You could shoot a shotgun through the front door, out the back, not hit a thing. Hallway down the middle with three rooms on each side. No electricity, no plumbing, heat from a wood stove, light from coal oil lamps. There was something special about that old house, and I think there is something special about our wine. I know, since I happen to be a bootlegger’s boy. Enjoy! Barry Switzer.”