HeyJaredKatie | French Wine Tutor
French wine, food, and travel: simplified. 🇫🇷 Pronunciation nerd 🤓 Wine Enthusiast Future 40 2022 🍷 📍NYC / Jersey City
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August/September Newsletter: Wine Reviews, Paddleboarding, and the Next Tour de French Wine (opens the original)
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Currents, Winds, and a Lesson in Primal Fear (opens the original)
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I was never the outdoorsy one in family. Growing up, that honor belonged to my fearless, ambitious, indomitable little sister, who rode horses, raised cattle, loved hiking, rowed crew, and ended up getting her PhD in animal science. By contrast, I was obsessed with Paris and classical music, afraid of bees, and never liked the way dirt felt under my fingernails. It would come as no surprise then, that as adults, I ended up in New York City while she moved to Colorado. But there is a common threa
July / August Newsletter: The Forthcoming Return of the Wine Reviews (opens the original)
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When I announced last month that I was pressing pause on the monthly wine reviews, I was overwhelmed by the number of responses I received in reply. Nearly three dozen of you messaged, commented, or emailed me, and everyone was equal parts sad and surprised at the announcement. I’m sorry, guys! I didn’t mean to blindside you! Transparently, the wine reviews are a lot of work. (I did get into this a little bit last month in the newsletter.) It was a lot on top of everything else I was managing, a
June/July Newsletter: Pressing Pause on the Wine Reviews (opens the original)
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In June, a great debate around me raged. “What’s the point of wine reviews?” asked many in my vicinity. “There is none.” The resounding negative chorus was led by some of the wine industry’s best, and while I do think reviewing wines is important, the noise led me to do some soul-searching.I started reviewing wines in January 2025--mostly out of boredom. I wasn’t able to travel to France or attend events as much as I wanted to (those pesky full time jobs do seem to get in the way of such things)
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