But what really kicked my passion for wine into high gear was living (and working) in Europe for 8 years. So many different wines, each one a new experience.
Now I'm an accredited sommelier, as well as a Chartered Accountant and a retired CEO, who gets to indulge in his passion for wine (when I'm not on the golf course or busy with community-based volunteering).
I write about wines from a "living in Ottawa" perspective, but I wander off into broader, yet related, subjects.
What do I like? I like wines that offer something different. More Old World Wines than New World, trying lesser-known varietals (hello, Italy), and Biodynamic wines. (For more info on my preferences, see About My Picks.)
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
My only dogma is that I have no dogma. Preferences, yes; opinions, yes; judgemental arrogance, no.
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