We met at the inn that Christine's parents run in Brandon, Vermont where there is an onsite brewery and winery. Joe had been invited to visit and help out for the day by his friend and co-worker, Christine's oldest brother, Bob. Given the long Labor Day weekend, Christine had decided to drive home from the city for a visit that Saturday. The tasting room was busy so Christine parked her car at the bottom of their long driveway, and as she was walking up she saw this handsome man she didn't know chopping wood in front of her parents' house. She was intrigued, walked into the house and asked her brother Bob, "who is that man out there chopping wood?" Joe caught sight of Christine as well (actually, he heard her laughing before he saw her) and walked into the house a few minutes later to introduce himself. They spent the next two hours bottling wine in the barn and getting to know each other (and the rest of Christine's family seemed to disappear). They were hooked!