For me, science started with chemistry – molecules fascinated me.

Then I began to explore the chemistry of cells and followed their movements under a microscope.

WOW!

What the microscopic universe inside us looks like and can do is AMAZING!

And though I made my living as a medical scientist for decades, I evolved into what I am calling a ‘cellular mythologist’ who finds clues to stories hidden in our cellular design and molecules.

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Through the Microscope

It is said that the great maestro of wine André Tchelistcheff could recall any wine he tasted, remembered wines as personalities and shapes. In the 1980s Grape Grower Rachel Balyeat hosted a special dinner to show my wine photographs to André  to ask him – what are they?  André said, “the photos showed the jewels in wine.

Photo: 1976 Ch. Lafite Rothschild 30 yrs

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This photographic gallery reveals the inner beauty of mostly cabernets or blends of Bordeaux varietals. Grapes used in Bordeaux blends are primarily cabernet sauvignon, and may also include merlot, cab franc, petit verdot and malbec.  Notice the different VISUAL EXPRESSIONS of these wines. Do these portraits reveal complexity, assertiveness, pleasure potential?  

Photo: 2005 OPUS ONE at 7 yrs old. It embraced the tongue with a long soft finish.