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David O�Reilly (�87) is the subject of a in Good Fruit Grower magazine, which declares that the alumnus vintner �has perfected the art of producing high quality wines and matching them with stories that resonate.�

The article describes how, through this combination of superior craftsmanship and creative storytelling, Mr. O�Reilly, owner of the of Owen Roe winery in Washington�s Yakima Valley, has achieved great success in the competitive wine industry. It also notes that he �graduated from 91����� Aquinas College, a small, Catholic, liberal arts college in southern California,� where �he studied the great minds of Aristotle and Plato,� and �left believing he could do anything.�

While this education, as author Melissa Hansen admits, �has little to do with winemaking� per se, O�Reilly sees it as a natural fit for his line of work. �A number of graduates from the program are winemakers,� he says. �That�s not surprising, because we studied the true, good, and beautiful, the same essence of agriculture. A winemaker is really a glorified farmer.�

The is available via the Good Fruit Grower website, as is a PDF of the .