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“Well, I do have my veterinarian degree, so I can give the stitches!” It’s 1:30 a.m. and I’m standing in the emergency room outside of...
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Heath Porter
Dec 20, 20183 min read
How a Self-Taught Sommelier Went From Small-Town Alabama To Leading Worldwide Wine Tours
The age-old adage that you should find something you love and make it your job didn’t really click for me when I was growing up in a dry...
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Heath Porter
Dec 3, 20214 min read
Cullman native Heath Porter used pandemic downtime to start his own wine label!
This article first appeared in the Cullman Times 11/27/21 Getting paid to drink wine and visit exotic locations doesn’t seem like it...
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Heath Porter
May 18, 20215 min read
Heathen Wines, My Favorite Crush!
"Let me tell you something Porter, this is the stupidest thing you've done in a long time, and you've done some stupid shit!" The voice...
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Heath Porter
Mar 11, 20213 min read
“Hustling in every direction at 100 mph with no GPS.” An American sommelier’s story of survival.
Yesterday at Houston’s first in-person trade tasting since the pandemic began, a young court-track sommelier told me the story of one of...
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Heath Porter
Nov 17, 20207 min read
Stomping Grapes and making dreams come true in the middle of a pandemic! #crushinsohard2020
“Oh what a difference a year makes!” If I hear this quote or the word “pivot” one more time someone is getting punched in the mask! I...
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Heath Porter
Sep 4, 20207 min read
The Greatest wine tasting that NEVER happened!
“Chug, chug, chug”, I screamed at the top of my lungs at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida. “You got this Miller, finish the job man”!...
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Heath Porter
Feb 3, 20204 min read
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Heath Porter
Jan 16, 20205 min read
Broken Dreams... a man and his Vespa in Italy!
We’d just finished a week of exuberance on one of my wine tours from Piedmont to Verona across north Italy. Housing in 5 star ancient...
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Heath Porter
Jan 15, 20203 min read
A Near Case for Rejection
Musings on the Subjectivity of Enjoying Wine Inspired by an Intimate Tour of the Willamette Valley BY DOUGLAS J. CUMMINGS, JR., ESQUIRE...
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Heath Porter
Dec 18, 20191 min read
Heath Porter, a sommelier’s sommelier and one of the smartest, nicest, and funniest people in the...
Heath Porter, a sommelier’s sommelier and one of the smartest, nicest, and funniest people in the trade
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