About Me

I never imagined that wine would accompany me for more than a decade. At first, it was only taste—the fleeting astonishment of flavors that seemed to contain orchards and forests, oceans and mountains, within a single glass. Yet what began as curiosity soon deepened into something larger: a search for the stories behind the liquid, the landscapes that nurtured it, and the civilizations that gave it meaning. Alongside this journey, I earned the prestigious WSET Diploma, one of the highest qualifications in wine.

My first book, From Grapes to Wine (2022), was a record of that search, an attempt to trace wine’s quiet but enduring presence through human history. My second, Where the Burgundy Winds Blow (2025), is at once a travelogue and a meditation, capturing the vineyards, people, and art of Burgundy in a portrait of place that is both intimate and timeless.

Seoul, Hong Kong, and now Dubai—these cities have shaped the arc of my life, broadening the horizons through which I encounter wine. It is no longer simply a subject of study, but a language of its own: a way of understanding culture, art, and history, and of pausing long enough to notice the quiet beauty hidden in everyday life.

Through my books, lectures, and conversations, I hope to offer what wine has given me: not only pleasure, but perspective; not only knowledge, but a sense of connection—to the earth beneath our feet, to the past that shaped us, and to the stories still waiting to be told.

Writer / Author

I have been writing for as long as I can remember. Long before wine entered my life, words were already part of my work—first as a business consultant drafting strategies, then as a junior auctioneer surrounded by the language of art, and later as a magazine editor shaping stories for print.

When I turned to wine, writing became inseparable from my study. I began contributing articles and columns to wine and dining magazines, which eventually led to the publication of two books.

I continue to write—sometimes for magazines, often for my blog, and always with new books in mind. Writing remains, for me, a way of connecting disciplines, weaving wine with culture, history, and the quiet details of everyday life.