amateur de vin: a lover of wine

Thanks for supporting this blog! This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you click and buy. During a trip to the UK last week, I had the extraordinary opportunity to taste a bit of wine history – the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay. The fully appreciate why this matters, here is some back story: The Judgement of Paris occurred May 24, 1976 (and therefore there are a number of celebratory 50th anniversary events this spring, more on that in

Another year, another polite email from the IMW letting me know that I have not been successful in my June exams. While this wasn’t a...

Last week I received an email I’d been waiting for all summer – I was accepted to the Master of Wine study programme! Even now, after...