Welcome to mumura!
My name is Kristen and I am pleased to meet you. Mumura is a brain child of my last twenty years, traveling around the world, training as a sommelier, and becoming an accidental art collector. Mumura is a Māori word, and I first decided that I needed to create something around it after spending 11 days traveling the south island of New Zealand in a campervan. It means to be glowing, showing brilliant color. To me it represents creativity and growth.
I have chosen to create this space for you, dear reader, to digest and hopefully learn from some of my stories. I have spent the last 25 years traveling the world, living in Europe and Asia, working for large tech firms, and dreaming of owning a wine business. I studied wine with the globally recognized Wine Spirits Education Trust (WSET) while living in London. My certifications are through Level 3, and I may end up going back for my diploma. I studied with sommeliers of major restaurants in London, wine writers in Paris, and wine geeks like myself.
I have many stories, and believe that some of them may even be interesting and useful. Please indulge me and have a look around. Let me know what you think, and if there is anything you’d like to see more of.
With love,
Kristen
Kristen Marshall Talley lives in Fox Island, WA, near-ish to Seattle in the Pacific Northwest. She is married to Jake and has a rescue dog, who is their baby, called Maizie. She works for large tech firms to pay the bills, while painting, writing, and cooking to exercise the demons.
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