Wine for Newbies is a one-man-show run by Andre Costa. I was born in Brazil and in 2001 I moved to New York City, where I still live.
I do not have a wine background, but I am working on creating one and Wine for Newbies was one of my first steps in reaching that goal. I decided to start Wine for Newbies as a tool to enrich my own knowledge about wine and, so far, it's working. It is a slow process, but a very rewarding one. I do intend to work with wine in the future as a main career, but I have not yet figured out which path I will take, as it seems the options are many. My next step is to take a serious wine class and add another layer to my knowledge.
Feel free to drop me a note. I am always looking for new like-minded friends, business partners, guest writers, etc.
Once I am done with you, you will be swirling your coffee, your tea, your soda (in the can or in the bottle)…if you can swirl it, believe me, swirl you will! I do!
The first thing that one thinks about when tasting wine is its flavor. But wine drinking (when you swallow it) or wine [...]
Basically, wine is an alcoholic beverage produced with the fermented juice of grapes. You know what a grape is, but if you want to get a little picky
The beauty of blogging is the possibility of turning back time just like that! You write about all the things you love but, if you lose focus, you can always set your path straight again. And losing track I did! Oh boy!
I believe I got too excited
