This Braxton County native came from a long line of musicians. Influenced by his father and other local fiddlers, he kept alive a style of playing connected back to the 1700s and 1800s.

Wine won many awards, including the Vandalia Award (1981), the state's highest folklife honor, and the National Heritage Fellowship (1991), the highest honor for a U.S. folk artist. He knew more than 250 tunes and taught younger players through workshops and apprenticeship programs, continuing a centuries-old tradition.