Blue_Angel
Junior
Hello all,
My name is Brandon, I'm currently living in South Florida at the age of 30, and seeking to restart my life by venturing out to California this season. I've worked as a yacht carpenter since going to remote Alaska to work at a fishing lodge, called out there by Bob Ross, that which is closest to Eden, and my DSLR camera. Work has slowed down, so I took to Craigslist to search the nation of my interests.
I am passionate about far too many things, from sourdough and pastry to brewing beer, to two of my personal non-career desires: having a small homestead, and a traditional workshop for luthiery (making classical/acoustic guitars).
Fermentation is a varied field and I settled upon seeking out a wine internship after I typed the old-timey word "apprentice" into Craigslist and happened to find a position available having never thought something like that existed... It's romantic to me, how vineyards are intimately associated with wineries. I truly love beer, but it isn't the same culture as wine, you rarely see a brewery popping up on top of, or adjacent to, a wheat field (been a member of HomeBrewTalk forums for a while).
The first position fell through the cracks because I was "in a different timezone", unfortunately, but ever since that moment I've become totally enamored with winemaking. Currently reading the book "From Vines to Wines" and I'm learning what I can on the internet, of course. I've probably sent out a couple dozen emails at this point and have managed a few hits. Being so far away, and as I will be without a vehicle, housing is the primary concern. I'm looking to make it work even though I decided to pursue this so close to the harvest season. I'm currently trying to find housing via FurnishedFinder wherever I happen to end up. I don't mind having to trek a couple miles on bike or foot.
I do not necessarily know what this lifestyle entails, I am just kind of diving in, nor do I understand where interns head after their 3 months of initial winemaking, since harvest only happens once a year, but I hope to turn this into a career. Might as well consider learning French while I'm at it. I get delirious if I go without pastry for too long.
Enough of my rambling... I enjoy roasting coffee, but I gave it up cold turkey couple months ago, and have slowly reincorporated it every other day at best... It's quite obvious today is one of my caffeinated days!
Cheers
My name is Brandon, I'm currently living in South Florida at the age of 30, and seeking to restart my life by venturing out to California this season. I've worked as a yacht carpenter since going to remote Alaska to work at a fishing lodge, called out there by Bob Ross, that which is closest to Eden, and my DSLR camera. Work has slowed down, so I took to Craigslist to search the nation of my interests.
I am passionate about far too many things, from sourdough and pastry to brewing beer, to two of my personal non-career desires: having a small homestead, and a traditional workshop for luthiery (making classical/acoustic guitars).
Fermentation is a varied field and I settled upon seeking out a wine internship after I typed the old-timey word "apprentice" into Craigslist and happened to find a position available having never thought something like that existed... It's romantic to me, how vineyards are intimately associated with wineries. I truly love beer, but it isn't the same culture as wine, you rarely see a brewery popping up on top of, or adjacent to, a wheat field (been a member of HomeBrewTalk forums for a while).
The first position fell through the cracks because I was "in a different timezone", unfortunately, but ever since that moment I've become totally enamored with winemaking. Currently reading the book "From Vines to Wines" and I'm learning what I can on the internet, of course. I've probably sent out a couple dozen emails at this point and have managed a few hits. Being so far away, and as I will be without a vehicle, housing is the primary concern. I'm looking to make it work even though I decided to pursue this so close to the harvest season. I'm currently trying to find housing via FurnishedFinder wherever I happen to end up. I don't mind having to trek a couple miles on bike or foot.
I do not necessarily know what this lifestyle entails, I am just kind of diving in, nor do I understand where interns head after their 3 months of initial winemaking, since harvest only happens once a year, but I hope to turn this into a career. Might as well consider learning French while I'm at it. I get delirious if I go without pastry for too long.
Enough of my rambling... I enjoy roasting coffee, but I gave it up cold turkey couple months ago, and have slowly reincorporated it every other day at best... It's quite obvious today is one of my caffeinated days!
Cheers
