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Why the Grape?
What is so unique about the grape that it is the only fruit used to craft vintage wines called ‘bottled poetry?’ One of the answers relates to its chemistry, another to its elemental nature and spiritual purpose. The Grape's Molecular Legacies First a grape’s...
A test…
If a picture IS worth 1000 words, suppose these images were on a wine label, which wine would you buy first? These are all cabernet/Bordeaux blends. A B or C A is the wine at the top, B on the left, C on the right I have always thought the micro wine portraits would...
Ancestor tales – grandmother stories
On this hallow's eve I find old writings about one of my dearest ancestors, my grandmother. Getting ready to light the Friday night candles with my mom’s candles and my grandmom’s candlesticks I am swept into the tide of memories of days past. Grandmom covered...
Art in Wine
Enjoy wine as never before - Experience wine with all of your senses. View the spirit and textural expressions along with their molecular integrations and congregations. The shapes within wine create a spectacular experience of the wine's architectural design and...
DNA – the Mystic Ladder
We are not our DNA but without it we wouldn’t exist. Each set of instructions that tell our cells which proteins to construct is embedded in a 3-lettered code held within the strands of our DNA. Those spiral strands of DNA in one person’s cells, if unwound and...
Beyond the French Paradox
The better cardiovascular health among the French people compared to Americans has been a puzzle. Even though the French eat a lot more saturated fat (meat, cheese, butter), smoke more, and exercise less, the French have forty percent fewer heart attacks. Initially,...
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