What a lovely welcoming group of people! Thank you all for the returning the hello
I feel I may have dug myself a little hole with the 'Younger' generation term ;P
By that I suppose I mean that there's very few people (at least who i've come across!) who while in their early/mid twenties have already contributed to making wine, blogging about wine and publishing articles for wine in magazines! It's not really something that interests that generation, especially in the USA. I'm British, so perhaps I have a couple of years ahead.. who knows.. but it's something I really really enjoy and so I'm extremely eager to learn from those who've been doing this a long while and I'll be looking to you all for suggestions on the articles that I put together for this upcoming magazine!
My aim is to try and get people among my age into the world of wine and apprecaite it more than just "oh wow, that Trader Joes wine is $5 we can pre-drink with that then go out and get trolleyed" - because thats not what it should be about.
I've already managed to convert quite a few of my friends over and its been amazing to see just HOW MUCH their palates have improved from two-buck chuck to the Cline's and Jacuzzi's of the world and now their really starting to appreciate the Raymond's and Bella's of the wine world. It touches my heart to see them learn and makes me feel amazing because they come to me for advice.. so i'm constantly learning more to up my game! An exciting world which I'm so happy to be a part of
Thus far, the articles I've published on my blog tend to follow the 'witty' side of wine. I'm working on putting together some lists of what I recommend to drink and some more informative posts, but for the meantime here's a little laugh on me!
"6 Decanter's I won't be letting ANYWHERE near my wine!"
http://www.britwit.co/britwitblog/the-worst-wine-decanters
Enjoy and once again, thank you for being such hospitable and welcoming folks, I can't wait to get to know you all more
Aidy