The impetus for this book was sparked one night around 2010 when sharing some wine with Justin Cherno at the Lower East Side wine bar Ten Bells. He asked me how I got into the wine business and started Moonlight Wine Co. After I explained the story, he responded by saying it had the makings of a book. I hadn't considered doing it much until living in Buenos Aires in 2020 when a friend there encouraged me to write it. Three years later while spending...