I’ve been blessed with so many mentors who have inspired me along the way. My dad always taught me to pay it forward. I reconnected with Kristen Krall a few months ago and had the pleasure to taste her new wine, “Stark Thirst.” It’s a Sonoma, California Chardonnay that doesn’t taste like you’re sipping an oak desk. A refreshing surprise indeed! And no cork trees were harmed in the bottling of this wine! The aluminum screw caps can be recycled. Retails for around $15.
As if its unoaked flavors of just-picked apple, zesty lemon, and minerals wasn’t enough, Stark Thirst (starkthirst.com) is a charitable wine. A purchase of Stark Thirst will help give clean drinking water for life to at least 200 people this year alone, and bring more awareness and action on the world’s water crisis.
For each bottle sold, 10% of the profit goes to WaterAid, a non-profit organization, which is a leading international organization that helps the world’s poorest communities gain access to safe water and sanitation. The wine is bottled in recycled glass bottles remade in the USA. These bottles are 33% lighter than average bottles for a smaller environmental footprint.
I’m thrilled that Kristen is following her work passion, and she graciously has let me print her story.
“I met Michael because two of my friends said he’d be a great person for me to know because I was working up the courage to leave my advertising career to start a new career in wine. The serendipitous aspect of the meeting was that my two friends didn’t know each other but both were sure it would be a good thing. Our first meeting was in September of 2010 at the Algonquin in mid-town Manhattan. I can even vividly recall today what I was wearing (gray jeans and a navy French-y blouse) and where we were sitting in the Algonquin! This may sound strange but after we met and talked I knew that if I ‘leapt fearlessly’ into my new career that everything would be alright. I felt so good after our meeting about my pending decision to launch into my new career that I resigned a day or two later. Today, I have launched ‘Stark Thirst’ a single-vineyard, Sonoma wine that has a mission to give back through a partnership with WaterAid.”
Her mission: “Enjoy Wine. Give back.”
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Stark Thirst Chardonnay appeared first on Wine and Spirit!.