I am so excited to share with you an interview with someone who is truly an inspiration for me as well as countless women in the world of wine – Tanya Morning Star. A writer, educator, historian, and mentor, she teaches classes, leads wine tours, creates informative online videos and helps guide others through the ins and outs of their wine careers.
Her site and business, Cellar Muse Wine School (cellarmuse.com) has a mission: to promote the joy of wine through educational experiences, ranging from wine certification courses, subject-specific master classes, corporate events, and travel.
Tanya’s credentials are impressive: she is Cellar Muse’s Founder & CEO, Certified Wine Educator, French Wine Scholar Italian Wine Scholar, Spanish Wine Scholar, WSET Diploma Instructor, Official Ambassador of Bourgogne Wines, and Global Education Ambassador of Orvieto Wines
A wine is not a fixed moment in time, it is an accumulation of geological and human historical events which brought the terroir and the traditions into being (combined with climate, weather and more). Wine is the living expression of people’s symbiotic collaboration with nature through the vine. Thus, to study wine is to be a polymath, a renaissance person, to emulate a value system once heralded by the people of antiquity – to be curious and study many things! Wine is the thread of western civilization, therefore, to study wine is to study history, cultural anthropology, religions, gastronomy, languages, geology, geography, botany, viticulture, and the wine science. The great joy in all of this, is that those who pursue wine, will never be bored, will never run out of things to do, learn, see, or taste, places to explore, or like-minded people to meet.
Tanya Morning Star
I spent some time with Tanya discussing her wine journey and learn some fascinating facts about my favorite wine region, Champagne. Please enjoy!
Learn more about Tanya, subscribe to her fascinating webinars or sign up for classes at CellarMuse.com.
