Calling All Wine Lovers…
July 21, 2026
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Calling All Wine Lovers… “Life is too short to drink bad wine.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Calling all wine lovers…or friends of wine lovers
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I was interviewed by Ilona Bell (a writing student at the University of Victoria) in Feb 2026 as an assignment for one of her writing
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March 18, 2026
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