Hello, my name is Nate Goetz.

My interest in wine began in college living abroad with a family of Danish oenophiles. Not only did they cultivate an appreciation, but taught me the importance of wine’s role in engaging people through storytelling. With their encouragement, I traveled to meet my German relatives discovering my ancestral connection to viticulture. By the time I arrived home, those experiences had laid the foundation for a lifelong passion.

During a successful, two-decade long career in the humanitarian sector, I honed my unique writing style and built a diverse publications portfolio; all while fostering continued exploration in the world of wine. Taking advantage of my proximity to American Viticultural Areas in California and North Carolina, I began writing informally about wine’s sense of place through the lens of smaller regions.

My first “gig” as wine columnist for The Heart of Hillsborough allowed me to explore the experience of wine through tasting, storytelling and interviews that complimented life in the historic town of Hillsborough, North Carolina. After moving to Chapel Hill, I started Prose & Wine to further focus on the sense of place wine captures and creates, and the role it plays in defining who we are. In addition to Prose & Wine, my work has appeared in a variety of publications, including Blue Ridge Outdoors, The Vintner Project, and The Heart of Hillsborough.