by Sondra Barrett | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog, Featured, Wine
In creating a presentation on my journey into wine, I was remembering my first days with the winemakers at Sterling Vineyards – Theo Rosenbrand and Bill Dyer – falling in love with all things wine-related – the cellar, the vineyards, the sharing...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 3, 2016 | Blog, Featured, Wine
A cold wet Sunday afternoon and I’m forced to look at a question that maybe you can help me with. What do singles who enjoy wine, yet are alone, choose to drink? I made beautiful rare lamb chops and roasted potatoes, no greens sorry, and wanted to warm up this...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
Wine lovers talk about how a wine opens up once its let out of the bottle. When we pour wine into our glass and swirl, we’re helping the wine open up. It softens and release its many volatile components into the air, and our nose. A lot more happens, of...
by Sondra Barrett | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Wine
Many years ago I was brought into the world of wine through my photography with a microscope. As artist-in-residence for Sterling Vineyards I had the amazing opportunity to work with the winemakers as they asked questions like – do wines look different when...
by Sondra Barrett | Jun 21, 2014 | Blog, Featured, Wine
Some wines express exquisite beauty under the eye of the microscope, like this featured image. The famed mentor of California winemakers, Andre Tchelistcheff, called this images the JEWELS OF WINE. This one certainly is. Some wines express more rounded...
by Sondra Barrett | Feb 9, 2013 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
As a wine photographer I often receive a thimble-full of wine, not enough to taste Yet I do get to taste with my eyes and recently explored (with the microscope) several vintages of Opus One and wondered longingly if the images reflected the true nature of the wine....
