Owen’s my wine guy. We don’t remember what year (could be 2020 or 2021) we met at Underdog Wine in Kansas City, but I first knew he wasn’t a local because of how he dressed. (I practically grew up in Kansas City, so I know what people are like, and I can detect an outsider.) Owen is from Pasadena, CA. He moved to NY to study at Sarah Lawrence, worked as a chef through college, met a girl from KC, and moved here with her.
Owen is ambiguous, so it took some time to get to know him. I’d go in for a Gamay, and he’d check me out. That was it for some time and until I complimented his Margiela button-down. In January, I asked him to do this interview, and after three long conversations about everything and clothes, and five months, I am ready for you to meet my romantic wine guy, Owen.
Owen: I can tell much about how people buy wine, like clothes. You’re someone who buys pretty much the same thing all the time or variations of the same thing. You’re not someone who wants their hand held throughout the store and be told every little detail about every wine.