With wine being documented as significant in ancient civilizations, there was naturally as much room in the book for a chapter titled “Aphrodite, Women, and Wine” in addition to “Goliath, Foraging, and an Answer” and “Italy, Leonardo, and Natural Wine.”
In 2009 I retired from 25 years in the military, packed 2 suitcases, and moved into a tiny apartment in Tuscany. Soon I would be immersed in a year-long professional Wine Studies and Enology program that would change the way I lived my life – and tasted wine – forever.
