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Transformation
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...
My HUFFINGTON POST BLOGS
INSIDE WINE - Beauty In the bottle. 5 WAYS TO REPLENISH YOUR ENERGY. SHAPING TASTE: Instinctual Intelligence - where do our words for taste come from? HEALING CHALLENGES- What can we do?
Healing our Genes
Many years ago when I used to do cancer research I was surprised when people didn't always fit into their statistical outcomes - some lived way beyond what their biology predicted, others who 'should have lived' based on the biology didn't make it. I always thought...
SPIRIT OF THE GRAPE
Have you ever wondered why the grape is the only fruit that gives us elixirs so heavenly they are called divine? Why not kiwi or pineapple, apple or date wines? What is so unique about the grape that it has had a cult like following since ancient times? The grape and...
FALLING IN LOVE
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 grapes...
TASTING RELATIONSHIPS
Is this relationship doomed? He likes white wine, she likes red. I have a dear friend who prefers lean white wines like sauvignon blanc. I have learned over the years that that is my least favorite wine and have thought our relationship was doomed since he doesn't...
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