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From Wine Forums to Robert Parker Wine Advocate | Joe Czerwinski

from The Taste with Doug Shafer – a Podcast About Wine, Food, and Friends · host Doug Shafer

Long before Joe Czerwinski reviewed Napa Valley wines for Robert Parker Wine Advocate, he spent two hours a day reading about wine, visiting local wine shops, and making decades-long friendships on first-generation wine forums in the early 2000s.The journey to his current position took him through archaeology, a wine retail job in Manhattan, and a long career writing and editing medical and science textbooks before he landed his first wine writing and reviewing gig at Wine Enthusiast.In this episode Joe talks about how he approaches tasting thousands of wines per year while balancing his other loves: family, hockey, fly fishing, and football.For more, visit: Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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