![]() ![]() ![]() His favorite course is a tie between Chalk Mountain and Morro Bay. When Oscar isn’t working at J&L he enjoys playing golf two days a week. He says, “They (Oscar’s Children) keep telling me a different number every-time I ask.” Although Oscar has only met a handful of his grandchildren and great grandchildren, they live throughout the South to Midwest portion of the U.S., he has a big heart and love for all of them. You could say that Oscar knows the Central Coast well being that he has lived here longer than many current J&L employees have been alive! Oscar has 5 children, four girls and one boy, twelve grandchildren and twenty-three great grandchildren. ![]() His father was in the service which first brought them to California and after being in the state for only one year Oscar’s father was transferred to Camp Roberts, so the family picked up and moved to San Miguel in 1960. Oscar moved to California in 1959 from a place called Magazine, Arkansas where he was born in a cabin 14 miles from the actual town of Magazine, populated by only 835 people today. ![]() He knows where everything is by heart, which isn’t an easy feat given our warehouse is filled with over 100 different brands and spans 40,000+ sq. You just don’t get that normally.” Oscar now works in the warehouse again, part-time however he may certainly be the most knowledgeable warehouse employee we have. Lorraine has especially treated me better than any boss I have ever had, and it makes me have tremendous respect for her. When asked what the most important thing he has learned over the years, he replied, “Having respect and equally being respected by the people you work for. He drove for 17 years and loved building relationships and getting to work with incredible people, both accounts and coworkers alike. Oscar drove the Coast Route, arguably the most sought after route we have here at J&L, with Pacific views, sea breeze in the air, and easy beach-going vibes. #Oscar robinson driverHe started at J&L in the warehouse part time, as he had another job at the time, but quickly was pulled up the ranks to driver within 6 months of employment. Oscar has continuously been employed at J&L Wines since 1997, one of our most indelible employees to say the least. It seemed only fitting that our very first blog post is about our family, so we will be doing a featured J&L employee every quarter starting with our very own village elder, Mr. J&L Wines has been in business for almost 40 years (if you can believe it!) and we feel the reason for our long lasting foundation is that we provide excellent customer service, we work with top brands in the marketplace and most of all we value our employees like family. Of course we said that we wanted to be educational, informative and talk about all things wine & craft spirits but that isn’t 100% of what makes J&L, well, J&L! Happy 2020 everyone! We at J&L Wines wanted to start the new decade off with a bang we thought collectively what we have been missing all these years and at seems like unanimously we shouted BLOG! Next came planning of what we would want to talk about. ![]()
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