In April of 2018, on a trip to Italy, I fell in love with an Italian winery. They didn’t import to my state and I ended up ordering wine a few times from this winery. This began a dialogue that would result in me obtaining a license to import wine. Smooth Sailing In February of…
Author: Side Hustle Wino
As though I have been bitten by a bug, I am suddenly obsessed with learning about wine. Not only the tastes and smells and varietals, but viticulture and history. It seems the more you learn, the less you know and in the pursuit of knowledge, an entire lifestyle devoted to the grape unfolds.
Tasting Terroir – Can You Really?
The first thing most people think of when they hear the word terroir is the soil in which grapevines grow, but it is much more than that, it’s the rain, the heat, the sun, the humidity, the wind, and anything else that Mother Nature can throw at a grapevine in any given year. If you’ve…
