By The Bottle is about wine and the people who drink it. It's also free.

Hi. Welcome to By The Bottle. We’re going to figure this out together.

Each edition of BTB will feature a (hopefully) relaxed Q&A with someone cool. Maybe they’re in the wine industry, maybe not!

For every interview, we’ll split a bottle of wine of their choosing - something they’re loving right now. Don't worry, I’ll pay for half (#ethics).

As long as the bottle lasts, so will our chat. We’ll cover a lot of ground about the wine we’re drinking, recommended pairings from the pro, questionable recommendations from me, discussion about the wine industry as a whole and more.

I think wine can be really cool. It can also be really stuffy. Let’s avoid that. I’d love to hear your thoughts about anything and everything - people I should talk to, wines I should try, things you’d like to see in the newsletter, your favorite bizarre Wikipedia articles - whatever.

More than anything, I hope you like this. Thanks for subscribing.

-Sam