Ritch Otto

Ritch Otto was born and raised in Boise, Idaho where he graduated from the Borah High School in 1981. He started working at Albertsons his sophomore year of high school as a box boy and spent the next 15 years with them working his way to the division office as an assistant meat supervisor.  After Albertsons he managed an independent grocery store in Nevada for 5 years before returning to Boise.  Ritch started working for Hayden Beverage in 2000 as a water salesman.  In 2002 he took a wine sales position.  From there he was promoted to wine supervisor in 2004 and wine sales manager in 2007. In 2014 he was promoted to his current position of Vice President of wine.

• Favorite car owned: 1981 Turbo RX7
• Favorite band/artist: Too many to choose from, I guess Foreigner
• Favorite book:  A Wrinkle In Time
• Favorite place to be 4pm on a Saturday: Traveling with my wife – anywhere
• What did you want to be growing up:  A lawyer
• Favorite restaurant not in Idaho: Rutherford Grill in Napa Valley, CA
• Biggest win non-work related:  My 2 children
• Favorite part of job: Being part of a winning team!
• Favorite place to pitch a tent in Idaho: Corral Creek
• If I could go to any event in the world, it would be: Carnival in Rio Janeiro