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When I was 17 or 18 I wanted to become a wine expert, and my parents wouldn't let me drink. So I was devastated. All I could do was read, and I read and I read. And I'd read something like, you know, 'Subtle hints of cassis.

Gary Vaynerchuk

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Gary Vaynerchuk
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 14
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