Former Philadelphia Eagles coach and East Fallowfield resident Dick Vermeil has a passion outside of football. Dick Vermeil has an impressive career as an NFL coach, 120 winning games, and a Super Bowl Championship on his portfolio. At 86 years old, the retired sports professional has his eyes on wine, writes Eric Cooper for Quick Telecast.

The Hall of Famer has been interested in wine production since he was about six or seven years old. Growing up in the wine-producing region of California. He would help his family crush grapes for their own wine. His great-grandfather, Jean Louis Vermeil bought vineyards and fruit orchards in the Napa Valley.  

During Vermeil’s final sports gig in Kansas City as a coach, he would distribute bottles of wine made from a friend’s home, honoring his great-grandfather to his staff.  Following Vermeil’s retirement, he wanted to turn his wine-making hobby into a business.  

He became a partial owner of a wine-making operation, which turned into a winery in 2007 and put out bottles with Vermeil’s name on the label. To this day, Vermeil participates in the marketing of the wine label that puts out 2,500 cases a year.  

Read more about the former NFL coach’s winemaking business in Quick Telecast.  

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