Hello fellow Wine Enthusiasts my name is Wesley Cable Welcome to another episode of Obsessed with Wine Natalie Ellis was born in the UK where her experience with wine at a young age included watching her parents drink wine with meals and share it with friends and family in social settings Natalie s family moved to the United States when she was younger for her father s job and settled in Illinois There Natalie would go to the University of Illinois in pursuit of a degree in food science Like many people who work in the wine business Natalie realized while she was in college that her science knowledge would make her a perfect candidate to pursue winemaking With her newly found direction Natalie traveled all over the world in pursuit of her degree in Viticulture and Enology and eventually received a degree from the Vinifera Euromaster program at the Bordeaux Sciences Agro in France This week I sit down with Natalie and we discuss her amazing travels all over the world including stops in some of the most famous wine regions in the world We also talk about her current position as Enologist for La Crema Winery in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and the great wines being produced in that area