I moved to a small town in the Friuli Venezia Guilia region of Italy when I was 29. Back then, my knowledge of wine was relatively limited. Before Italy, my drinking experiences were basically whatever sickly sweet concoction was being served out of a tub – often literally a bathtub – at whatever frat party […]
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