 Hello welcome back This is going to be a different type of video than the normal stuff on our channel because this is the type of behind the scenes Video so that we're going to be doing for our patrons on our patreon page So if you do I'm just posting this on the youtube channel to show off What what you're going to kind of see in our feed so if you do like our work check it out in the description box I'll put our patreon account up on the page You know it helps keep the this channel alive keeps our website or social media alive So we can keep bringing you interesting stories unique and exotic wines But I'm going to talk a little bit about What it's like to travel full-time and be a wine writer and take samples. That's why I've got all these packages Next to me right now. We do travel full-time. So we don't have a permanent fixed address. So managing samples is always Incredibly difficult in itself Just just the fact to get the wines to taste the wine so I can write about them do videos about them is a big obstacle So we do travel full-time. That means That means we're usually staying a place that the longest maybe a month or a few weeks because we're always traveling 2020 has been a little bit different obviously with COVID-19. So I've been staying in Croatia But I have been shifting apartments and it's so funny because when dealing with the producers you know, they have stuff to do too and when when sometimes sometimes they want to send wines to me or Sometimes I solicit and I engage Producers that I think are a high quality wines and I want to show off to you So recommend to you I reach out to them and when dealing with samples, I always have to project where I'm going to be In Croatia it is in the EU for so right now. It's been fairly easy So European producers can send samples no problem But it usually takes anywhere from a week or two weeks once they actually ship the wines So a lot of times I gotta I have to know ahead of time where my next address is going to be so I can ship it Head to the next place and then sometimes sometimes producers have stuff to do They don't actually get the wines set until I leave the place like in Croatia a couple times I had to go to the post office and Get the address changed which also cost a little bit of money And it's it's always difficult, especially when I'm not obviously fluent in Croatian or the local language We do have friends around the world namely in Budapest and in Zagreb Sometimes we send samples to but I don't want to overburden them So I always try to get them sent to our residents forever rear staying on top of that We have to travel with wine sometimes We all have everything that we carry with us. So we already have that stuff sometimes Samples or wines get to us right as we're about to leave a place So we have to care we've done it for a variety of ways We've taken train bus a rental car sometimes friends take us and sometimes we have to pack a lot of plenty of boxes and samples To carry along with us, which is not always the easiest thing one example I remember we did a two-week trip through Slovakia and At the end of at the end somebody took us to our next location and brought all the wines I think we had 60 60 samples we had to go through Carrying that along with all the stuff that we all are personal belongings. So Not always so simple. That's what goes into it. That's a little bit. It's a little look behind the scenes I'm in an Airbnb right now I actually have a bunch of wines from Portugal from I think the family wine Family wine group of Portugal off the check and also the Spanish pal I've got a lot of Spanish wine so a lot of content coming up I've got a lot of stuff on Shatnof to pop Shatnof to pop Croatian wine other good stuff in the work So I hope you're safe during this time I hope you like this inside look and I will see you guys soon If you like what you see check out our patreon page back us support us join the community There's gonna be live forums chats access to us more more Insider videos like this and I will see you soon