by Sondra Barrett | Sep 3, 2012 | Art and Science, Featured, Shaping Taste
This top image is that of table sugar magnified 30x – sweet signals that the food is an energy source, and generally safe to eat. Though not all sweet things are safe. For instance, some lead salts are sort of sweet yet deadly; I presume they would...
by Sondra Barrett | Jun 9, 2012 | Art and Science, Blog, Cell Wisdom, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells, Spirituality
My friend Rabbi David White (co-founder of WineSpirit) in teaching about wine and life has a wonderful question – What are you saving it for? IT could be a bottle of wine you brought back from Italy. A special piece of chocolate. A year old pie in the freezer....
by Sondra Barrett | May 20, 2012 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
Seeing all the bottles of wine on a shelf in a store, you are stymied – which should you buy. A daunting task. If only you knew which one you would like – some sort of message that jumped out at you assuring “YOU’LL LIKE ME.” I liked...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 19, 2012 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
This is a portrait of 2001 Viader cabernet sauvignon (Bordeaux blend) at 3 years old. I started my professional life as a serious medical scientist on the faculty of the University of California Medical School. My specialties were biochemistry, hematology (blood) and...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 12, 2012 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells
Last night I watched the Dr. Oz Show and when he started to talk about the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency, I paid attention. Almost everything he mentioned – fatigue, low energy,mood swings, poor memory, tingling, a few more – I was experiencing. ...
by Sondra Barrett | Nov 20, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
I am always intrigued with the designs a wine will express on the microscope slide. Considering that there are hundreds of different molecules in a wine, some wines express amazing complexity while others reveal profound simplicity. Years ago I defined a ‘wine...
