Transformation

Posted on May 14, 2012 in Art and Wine, Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Reflections, Sacred mysteries, Spirituality, Wine Shaman | 0 comments Life Illuminated! In wine’s life story, grape juice is transformed into spirited wine upon fermentation of the sugars to alcohol and bubbles.  Transformation only occurs here with outside help – the microscopic yeasts.  Well, there’s other outside help, the sacred igniter. From my photographer’s perspective, when looking at juice compared to wine, the material under the...
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Once Upon a Time – Inglenook

Posted on May 4, 2011 in Blog, Featured, Wine Shaman, Wine Tasting | 0 comments I’m so glad to see Inglenook back in the news thanks to Coppola. Why? Years ago when I first started photographing wine through the microscope, when Inglenook made great wine and still ‘lived’ in their original buildings, their PR director hired me to photograph 45 years of their cabs. This was a very special tasting event with the Wine Spectator and who’s who in wine...
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Whole Heartedness in Wine

Posted on Apr 9, 2011 in Art and Science, Biodynamics/Organics, Blog, Featured, Health, Reflections, Shaping Taste, Wine Tasting | 0 comments Wines are often deemed hearty when they are full-bodied, rich and dense. And when you look inside, some wines  reveal HEARTS as their micro signature. The first heart I uncovered in wine was hiding in a 2001 Quintessa, “Bordeaux Blend”  That’s the above Napa Valley beauty. The next one was another Bordeaux Blend, this time from Bordeaux, 2002 Chateau La Mondotte. ...
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Universe in Wine

Posted on Sep 16, 2010 in Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Wine Shaman | 0 comments I am often asked, “What are these pictures, what do they show?” One answer is the hidden universe in wine. My other answers go from wine Rorschach to the artistic expression of the winemaker or the land.  No matter which interpretation, these photographs of wine under the microscope reveal a mysterious display of wine’s molecular collaborations. There are at least a few hundred...
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