Andy grew up on a small farm south of Wooster Ohio, and from an early age was always growing, building, or designing something he could sell. Andy was a member of almost every club in high school and almost completed every 4-H project in the book during the summer months. He went on to graduate from The Ohio State University with his Bachelors degree in horticulture and food microbiology and was hired as the vineyard manager at The Winery at Wolf Creek in Norton Ohio in 1996.
Andy returned to Wooster and opened Troutman Vineyards and Winery in an old chicken house on the family farm in 2001. In 2002 he purchased The Winery at Wolf Creek and in 2012 opened The Distillery at Wolf Creek. He was also co-founder of the Minglewood Distillery in Wooster.
Andy has served on the board of the Ohio Wine Producers Association, The Ohio Grape Industries Committee, and is a past president of the Summit County Farm Bureau.
He has two children. Daughter Sophia is a first year student at The Ohio State University and son Asa is a junior at Wooster High School. He is an avid beekeeper, gardener, and world traveler. Andy now spends his summers growing grapes in Ohio and winters growing coffee on his farm in Corozal, Puerto Rico.