Shaping Wine…

If wine had an image to represent its character, style or personality – what kind of wine do you think would be represented by the above image? I often fantasize that if wine bottles had pictures of what’s inside the bottle, we the consumer might make...

Once Upon a Time – Inglenook

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...

Here’s to Jess Jackson

I never knew the man in person.  I did know his wines and when I traveled throughout the US I was always glad to see them on the menu.  They were dependable.  I could count on them to be good. I was saddened to hear of his passing. And I always remember the portrait I...

Universe in Wine

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...