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Welcome to The Younger Wine, a blog created by me to document the world of wine through my lens as I learn and navigate it. I’m an aspiring winemaker and recent graduate of the Viticulture & Enology program at UC Davis. 

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Wine in France & What I’m Drinking

One of the reasons I’ve long-dreamt of moving to France was the sheer abundance of wine. Wine is truly part of everyday life here and inherent in the culture. Many French people grow up having little tastes of wine here and there at family dinners well before they reach the legal drinking age of 18…

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Exclusive Tasting – Bodega Numanthia

One of the perks of getting to work for a large wine group is that if they own other brands, you can discover new wines and new regions that you maybe wouldn’t have the opportunity to otherwise. For me, I’ve been dreaming a lot lately about going to Spain. The sun, the food, the music……

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48 Hours in Reims, Champagne

Reims is an ideal home base for a trip to Champagne. Planning a wine trip in one of France’s wine regions can be overwhelming due to the amount of wineries available to visit. Not only is Reims extremely walkable, but many of the major Maisons are there, such as Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart, Taittinger, and Lanson.…

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Tasting my way through France

Recapping two French wine events visited in the last month  If you’re looking for a place to gather with like-minded fellow wine geeks, France is the place for you. When I lived in California, we of course had the occasional wine fair or exposition. However, here in Paris and in the surrounding wine regions there…

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No Sunday scaries here! Today I created a new series called What I’m Drinking that will follow exactly that while I’m here in Paris. Each week I’ll discuss a new bottle of amazing, unique and inexpensive wine that I discovered here in France, and give a little update on living life as an American expat in Paris. It’s the perfect Sunday scaries cure. Interested? Learn more about it in the link in my bio 🍾 cheers! Dreaming of one day soon finally going to SPAIN 💫 until then, I will just drink Tinta de Toro from @bodeganumanthia Reims, Champagne • Reims is the best home base for your next trip to Champagne. Centrally located with quick access to many of the major maisons, Reims is a charming small city with many great bars and restaurants all within walking distance. And of course the famous Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims… Read about it at the link in my bio 🍾 What an incredible day getting to visit the @veuveclicquot crayères in Reims last week with the team. Veuve (which means “widow” in French) is more than just the Yellow Label - in 1805 Madame Clicquot took over the family champagne business from her late husband and turned it into the great house it is today. Cheers to my next adventure with Veuve as I join the wine, food & education team 🥂 You can read more about my visit at the link in my bio ✨ light reading (savennières, maison jaune, 2019) Spring has sprung in Paris - just in time for the salon des @vigneronindependant last weekend! Such a wonderful experience to taste epic wines from independent producers all over France. The highlights of the day were getting to taste wines from Corsica by @domainedetorraccia - some of my favorite wines to date - then topping it all off with an Armagnac from my birth year⚡️The white pictured is a crisp and fruity-floral Vermentino, and we also tried their red made from the Corsican Niellucciu and Sciaccarellu varieties. Dreaming of a wine trip to Corsica next… you in @wanderforwine?? bar à wine apéro culture considering making this a spritz account
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