Anastasia is a 34-year-old Russian wine lover, sommelier and blogger living in Moscow. Before she got the wine bug 5 years ago, Anastasia was successfully making her career in strategic consulting and banking. At that time, she travelled a lot to Italy, Spain, Germany and other European wine regions, visited lots of wineries. However, one day she realized that wine is more than just a drink – it is a piece of art with its own history, traditions and character that need to be respected and preserved.

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Later on, Anastasia together with her brother Alexey started a blog on Instagram – Vino_why_no, which is now one of the most popular Instagram blogs about wine in Russia  – 28k followers. The aim of the blog is to show the wine industry to ordinary people and to promote wine culture – by telling interesting facts, explaining complex terms in simple words as well as presenting good wines that are affordable to everyone. Moreover, Anastasia and Alexey started a Telegram channel that has also became popular (4.6k followers).

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