This unique book takes an intriguing look into the hidden beauty of young and old wines, biodynamic and organic wines, plus new fun ways to taste and enjoy wine.
An unabashed feast for the senses celebrates the wonder and mystery of wine and life. Award-winning photographer Sondra Barrett takes you on an illuminating journey into the art, science and the soul of wine. With the microscope as the starting point, amazing photographs captured from the art inside the bottle, reveal an intimate look to deepen your pleasure for this beloved beverage.
In Wine’s Hidden Beauty you travel beyond molecules to vineyards, visit with pioneering winemakers and the mystic grape to discover the passion that brings people to wine. Some of the legendary wineries and winemakers included are: Sterling Vineyards, Beaulieu, old Inglenook, Robert Mondavi, Jim Fetzer, Andre Tschelischeff, Heidi Peterson Barrett, Mike Grgich, Mike Benziger and Jess Jackson.
Drink in the incredible beauty of the unseen world you will discover taste, wine and savor life. Have fun with this book.
Play with your wine
Open to your imagination and sensory doorways to explore wine in more sensual and complete ways. Engage all of your sensory pleasures when meeting wine.
Do we describe wine as personalities – the Dolly Parton of wine – or as shapes – angular and lean? Are wines masculine or feminine?
Next time you taste some wine, scribble pictures that come to mind, those hidden messages written in the language of wine.
Need help to discover the diverse personalities of wine? Want to deepen your pleasure of wine?
The content of the book Wine’s Hidden Beauty will guide you through the inner evolution of juice changing into greater complexity as it transforms into wine.
Explore your pictures and perceptions of taste as you share a wonderful glass of wine with a friend.
Have fun playing wine Rorschach.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Discovering the Inner Grape
2. Transformation – fermentation and aging
3. Shaping Taste – the 5 tastes, flavor and terroir
4. Wine Legends: Art in the Bottle
5. Cultivating Well-being – wine and health, community
6. The Spirit of the Grape – does the grape have a purpose
7. The Soul of Wine
8. Savoring Life
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography and Index
- List of wineries in US using organic and/or biodynamic practices
- French flaps soft cover, full color gift book 133 pages, 100 color photographs, 10 x 10
- ISBN-10:0578029472 ISBN-13: 978-057802947
- Retail price US$ 35.00
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