Both families, on the father's and mother's side, worked in the vineyards and produced wines that, even during the socialist era, served as economic aid for low wages. As a little boy, I wandered around the vineyards, but only as a larger chalanisko, I smelled the cellar breezes and later tasted the goodies so carefully guarded in the cellars. I knew this was what I was going to do in my life. Wine remained my love. After graduating from the Secondary School of Viticulture and Fruit Growing in Modra and subsequently the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, I threw myself, as a recent graduate, into professional viticulture in the company of Jozef Mikuš - JM Vinárstvo Doľany. Of course, even during my studies at high school and university, I made wines and tested whether the theory from school corresponds to reality.