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- jmcginley1 - 06-17-2005
I am a young one when it comes to serious wine drinkers(only 25 as of sunday). My father worked as a wine importer/salesman for most of my life so I grew up drinking wine with dinner. Sadly, I drank a LOT of wonderful wine at home and never took the time to learn why it was so good. It was only about a year ago that I REALLY got interested in wines. Since then, I've read "Wine for dummies," the "Wine Bible" and "Vino Italiano" cover to cover(and good portions of a few other books as well). I also have the pleasure to work at an Italian restuarant with a constantly changing wine list of seriously solid Italian wines.
On the side, I've been going to BYOB's with friends that also are intersted in wine, constantly drilling my father for more wine knowledge, and drinking a good deal of various wines to really see what is out there...
Which brings me to my point. I have always had a hunger for knowledge, and I do whatever I can to learn more about the things that interest me. Wine seems to be becoming more than just a passing interest, but rahter something I feel I will activiely spend years learing about. Everytime I try a wine, all I want to do is try 15 wines of the same style to compare that wine to.
So yeah, I am hooked. I have the wine bug. This is a good thing. I look foward to joining the ranks.
- winoweenie - 06-17-2005
Welcome aboard JMC!!! You've made a decision that will give you more pleasure and excitement than seeing Bucko in bermudas. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] Seriously, I can't think of anything in my life I've done that is more rewarding other than my family. WW
- stevebody - 06-17-2005
Ten years ago, I was quite happy as a chef. I started sampling reds on instructions from my doctor. Today, Judye and I are about six weeks away from opening our new wine shop. It gets into your blood. And all I really started out to do was find good bottles of wine!
- Wallace - 06-17-2005
It's an adventure for sure. I got hooked 48 years ago with an assignment in school to evaluate an agricultural area and recommend a new crop. Being from Sonoma County and having done my homework I recommended wine grapes. The area was the Santa Ynez Valley. "Non, je ne regrette rein"
- wineguruchgo - 06-17-2005
When I was 25 I first realized that I had no passion in my life as others around me had. I had joy, happiness, regret...but not a passion. I found myself being envious of a friend who's passion was the Grateful Dead. Yeah...he would travel around the country going to shows (he was very wealthy so traveled in style)and I was jealous.
Then, about 10 years ago, I found and fell in love with wine. The beauty of the juice is that every year is different and every region and winemaker is different.
I consider you lucky because you found this passion of mine at a much earlier age than I did. You might want to consider studying for the Master Sommelier test as I am or some of the others that are out there.
If you would like more information please feel free to email me at my personal email and I will give you the information. wineguruchgo@isp.com.
Cheers!
- wondersofwine - 06-20-2005
Wallace,
You, prophet you. I guess you should have invested in agricultural land in Santa Ynez way back then.