Wine Adventures Abroad

My First Harvest and Smoko, New Zealand 2003

September 7, 2011
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At 7:50 AM, my start time, the air was cool and fresh. The sun was already shining intensely, as it does on cloudless days in Marlborough. This was the moment it hit me…I could make anything happen. Just six months before, I had the crazy idea of leaving my life in Chicago to work for [Read more...]

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Wineries of the Kamptal and Kremstal, Austria, July 2010

June 8, 2011
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The more I travel, the more I understand that in order to get a true sense of a place, you have to spend time with the people who live there. While I can learn about a culture by going to museums and theatres and restaurants, those experiences often fall short for me. I prefer learning [Read more...]

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