I'd like to tell you it tasted better because it was free, but in truth, what wine wouldn't taste better in a sun-drenched vineyard? Rather, I enjoyed it more because I could afford to be less precious - I could sip it without stressing over the cost.
Rather than shell out thousands of dollars for another certification course, this was a hands-on chance to deepen my wine education - and spend nearly a month abroad - without bankrupting myself.
Wine harvest is at turns indulgent, exhausting, romantic, and humbling. You wake with the sun, grab a coffee and your secateur (shears), pile into cars, and pair off in the vines, clipping grapes and plunking them into buckets as you go.
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