The journey started on a very cold and snowy Chicago winter day, Friday January 23rd of 2009 , I was worn out already with the snow and the cold and to go even further the people and the attitude, I wasn’t searching for spiritual meaning in my life , on the contrary, I am a very spiritual person, I have been selling wine for half my life and my new partner owns a 5 generation Tuscan Winery and asked ” would you like to move to San Gimignano and help me take this winery to the next level in America” it took me 5 minutes to consider, the wine is beautiful, the family is amazing and my wife and are both Italian and of course, it’s like living in a Norman Rockwell painting, if he was Italian. I found myself on a plane to Zurich and then on to Florence but was almost rerouted through Bologna and possibly a 2 hour bus ride to Fiorenze, I took this this in stride but I will be honest I was tired of smelling people and all there flavors but 1 hour in the air an announcement came on, ” we will be able to land in Florence the weather has cleared” it was really music to my ears, I decided before I left Chicago I would take a deep breath and stop to smell the roses and be patient, I landed went straight to the office and started working!
will be continued!
