Lauren Mowery writes the weekly wine, coffee, and tea columns for New York City paper Village Voice. She writes an award-winning blog called Chasing the Vine. A former New York City litigator, she converted to the startup wine industry though Gilt Taste, before launching a career as a freelance drinks, food, and travel writer and photographer. She has peregrinated across two dozen countries in the last few years, many of which are featured in articles published in print and online for Wine Enthusiast, Saveur, Wine & Spirits, Tasting Panel, Somm Journal, Voyeur (Virgin Australia’s inflight magazine), Punch, Alquimie, Fodor’s.com, Men’s Journal, and The Wine Merchant. She recently earned her WSET Diploma with honors, and hopes to enter the Master of Wine program this fall.
The cellar hands had little interest in tasting wine with us. Maybe they didn't like the taste, or maybe working at a winery was as much a job to them as picking apples or working in a factory.
Their shared ethos rejects heavy oak and overripe styles that mask terroir, and embraces leaner, characterful wines derived from the vineyard and ambient yeast.
