The stretch of route 78 from exit 12 to exit 48 — from my family home in Hunterdon County to Springfield, New Jersey, the location of Wine Library — was
the road that established my relationship with my father, and the foundation of Wine Library’s success. During my high-school and college years in the late nineties, I spent every single weekend, summer break, and holiday vacation driving up and down that highway every morning and every night. The time was spent talking about the business, bouncing ideas off one another, planning for the future, and generally figuring things out. I remember that 6-year stretch extremely fondly. The one thing I had with my dad that I don’t have with my brother AJ was that quality time…
