Wine is art we can drink

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 in Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine Shaman | 2 comments This wine gave me butterflies in all the right places. What visions do your favorite wines express? Photographs of wine through a polarizing microscope offer unique and compelling ways to learn about and enjoy wine. They also capture a glimpse into the story of one wine’s life. And of course, they are an expression of the winemaker’s art. This image is from the artful winemaking...
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Transformation

Posted on Nov 14, 2010 in Art and Science, Blog, Come to your senses, Featured, Wine Shaman | 0 comments What does transformation mean?  Changing form or shape.  This picture is named “transformation” and reveals fermenting chardonnay.  It could be called “Jewels in Space.” The Grape and Wine are perfect metaphors and examples of transformation – by sight, taste and inner expression. From the perspective of a microscope, grape juice reveals tiny geometric forms,...
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Spirits of the Vine

Posted on Nov 13, 2010 in Blog, Featured, Vineyards, Wine Shaman | 1 comment My love for wine came first from its inner expression.  I had no intention to be following the life of wine for more than 25 years.  Yet in that time I have been privy to the life and spirit of wines from 45 years old to a day old (not yet wine). The visual expressions of wine’s life and vitality are so amazing that I became compelled to share it in as many ways as possible.   The...
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DO IT NOW!

Posted on Nov 12, 2010 in Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Reflections | 0 comments Be here now, a saying to us old hippies to stop living in the past or future. And I’ve been writing about how our cells are always in the now until our mind takes them somewhere else.  An interesting idea but what does this mean in “real life?” I’ve been planning for the Thanksgiving holidays – wanting to get a hair cut, my house cleaned, all the preparations...
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Aging – Wine and Us

Posted on Nov 10, 2010 in Blog, Health, Reflections | 0 comments I’ve thought a lot about aging, but mostly about wine. I certainly don’t like to SEE how I am aging. But perhaps we each need to consider a new look at the positive aspects of our aging. My friend and mentor Tomas Pinkson has begun to offer a way to celebrate elders in our culture. Having worked with many indigenous cultures, Tom brings to us how they honor people as they age. ...
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PS I love you – the art in wine

Posted on Nov 3, 2010 in Blog, Wine Shaman, Wine Tasting | 6 comments Last week, Jo Diaz, Executive Director of Petite Sirah Advocacy Group, gave a few us a wonderful opportunity to taste 16 petite sirahs.  We were a small group of 5 women enjoying this vast array of wines.  What was so surprising to me, two of us rated and experienced the wines in a similar way.  We didn’t like what the other three did.  What was the difference? One difference between...
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