Traveling through the Wine and Spirits
After many years as a (magazine, web and book) tennis writer, I found myself without full time work in that field in 2008. I was lucky enough that I had the experience and opportunity to continue my work as a writer, but I needed an additional niche to fill my schedule (not to mention my pocketbook). I stumbled upon the obvious one purely by accident. Let me begin with the beginning. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, working for magazines even while I was a “kid” in school. One of the things I did to push my career forward was to join the staff of the C.W. Post Pioneer . It was a wonderful experience to be on the newspaper staff then (where I worked my way to Managing Editor), but it led to an even more exciting opportunity now. In January of 2008, there was a reunion at C.W. Post of past editors of the newspaper and magazines. I hadn’t seen anyone in years so I thought it might be fun. It was by chance that I met former fellow Pioneer editor Frank Col