Annie B. Shapero, Author at The AutoEthnographer

JoinedApril 14, 2022

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Annie B. Shapero is a sommelier and the founder of DiVino Wine Consulting and Communication. She holds a B.A. in playwriting and modern language and comes from a background of travel, food, wine, and romance writing. Her work has been featured in The American Magazine, Amex Essentials, Fields and Stations, Every Day Fiction, Insight Publications, Dorling Kindersley, and Time Out. As a wine educator, Annie emphasizes the power of scent and storytelling, as well as the importance of wine tasting as a social ritual and a shared sensory experience. Her free YouTube series: 21 Days to Wine is an effort to make wine tasting more inclusive, accessible and emotionally impactful. She lives between New York City and Rome, Italy.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880-1881). Courtesy of the Phillips Collection, DC.

Is There Any Shame in Mixing Wine and Water?

Annie B. Shapero·

All Autoethnographic Essays Volume 3, Issue 1 (2023)

·January 6, 2023·9 min read

"At friends’ homes and the inexpensive trattorias where I usually ate, there was always wine and water on the table, but often only one glass."

Photo of Sienna by Walkerssk for Pixabay

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Eulogy For a Perfume

Annie B. Shapero·

All Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Features Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·May 31, 2022·12 min read

"When a favorite perfume ceases to exist, it is another kind of death. Having been created, it leaves a special sort of emptiness," from Eulogy for a Perfume.

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