First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Lorena and I’m originally from Mexicali, Baja California Mexico. I moved to San Diego December 8, 2011 a day after my last day of school for my undergrad. I had bags and everything I could fit in my old blue Nissan Sentra. If you ask me how wine started in my life I would probably need a whole book to explain, but if I needed to say it in only one page I would say that casualty was a big part of it, but I’m a big believer that casualty always happens for a reason.
One day walking the hallway of SDSU I peaked through a window in a classroom to see students doing a wine tasting, it was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen, I never knew there was such thing and people actually study for it… so clueless; regardless, that day I knew I must be part of it.
My research continued to understand why people studied wine, watched for the first time a movie called Somm “Into the bottle” 2012 on Netflix and after the movie ended I realized I just had what somms call the “wine calling” and became aware of how much there is to learn! Terroir, history, climate, varietals, people, food, etc. The information was endless.
I’ve been drinking wine for probably 12 years, within those 12 years, I’m guessing only around 7-8 years of real wine appreciation drinking. My palette has gotten better when it comes to taste but it’s not even close to where I want to be. For that reason I’ve decided to keep learning and actually study for it, at the same time live amazing experiences and surround myself among people that love wine as I do.
Please join me through this great experience, and be sure to also share yours.
The time will pass anyway, you can either spend it creating the life you want or spend it living the life you don’t want. The choice is yours.
