Ep. 108 Dr. Patrick Farrell, Master of Wine
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What happens when expertise, integrity and personal values collide with the realities of a profession?
Dr. Pat Ferrell’s path is anything but conventional. Trained as a physician and corneal surgeon, an injury abruptly ended his ophthalmology career. What followed eventually led him deep into another demanding discipline: wine—and ultimately to becoming a Master of Wine.
In this episode of The Value of Values, Pat and I explore the parallels between medicine and wine, the pursuit of expertise, and the humility that comes from realizing how much there still is to learn.
Their conversation moves from tasting and terroir to something deeper: the philosophy behind what we create and the choices we make. Pat shares why integrity sometimes means saying, “I don’t know,” what happened when he discovered negative wine reviews were being edited out of videos he appeared in, and why expertise without humility can become dangerous.
It’s a conversation about wine—but even more, about what happens when values have to move beyond words and become decisions.