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About Me

I had the opportunity to work off and on in Italy for over a year and France for 6 months. I spent a lot of time in Marche/Abruzzo in Italy (Montepulciano and Sangiovese are the big local grapes) and the Loire Valley in France. Unfortunatly the Loire valley is probably my least favorite region of France (Gamay kind of sucks & I'm not a huge Sauvignon Blanc fan) but the Chateau's were beautiful.

I started bringing a mixed case home every trip and started to build a nice little cellar. I used to watch a lot of Gary V's podcasts and I would then stop by the Wine Library on my way home from the airport and pick up another case or two. My peak cellar was about 175 bottles and now most of my wines are age worthy, so I'm in the process of rebuilding with a mix of keepers and short-term drinkers.