KENNY WERLE

Wine Club Manager

"As manager of the wine club, I have made many great friends over the years and I enjoy connecting with them on the phone, at events or on their visits to The Room or The Estate."

With a special occasion dinner only a week away, you go over your final list - menu and recipes: check, fine china: check, linens and silverware: check. All looks good until you realize you are out of Trilogy. Quickly, you dial the toll-free number (800) 913-1118 and feel immensely relieved to hear the familiar voice of Kenny Werle, Flora Springs' wine club manager.

In this issue, we invite you to meet the man behind the voice. Kenny Werle was born at the St. Helena Hospital, in the heart of wine country. He is proud to be a "native Napkin". His Napa Valley history dates all the way back to the 1920's, when his family first arrived from Germany. After graduating from St. Helena High School in 1989, Kenny went off to Humboldt State University where he majored in Forestry before earning a degree in Business and Marketing.

Prior to joining Flora Springs in 2003, Kenny spent time backpacking in Europe and joined an international pen pal club. "Even though my pen pals were in their 20s, they all still lived with their families - there is not a rush to leave home after college like in America. My pen pals invited me to visit and I was always welcomed as part of the family. Having free room and board made my trip stretch further!" Kenny also took time to seek out his German relatives and discovered that his paternal grandmother's side of the family (maiden name Dettling) traced their ancestry to medieval times. Male members of his family were knights of a king in the Black Forest region. Despite his noble heritage and his own coat of arms, Kenny insists you need not refer to him as Sir Kenny.

Send Kenny an email.