by Sondra Barrett | Jun 17, 2012 | Blog
I don’t write book reviews but this one had to be done. Never has a book impacted me so deeply as Julius Lester’s Lovesong: Becoming a Jew. Sure I was interested because I am Jewish but more than that I had first read his more recent novel Autobiography of...
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 | May 18, 2012 | Blog, Featured
After photographing thousands of wines with my trusted microscope, I have seen distinct patterns that SEEM to reflect the unique experience of the wine. Why not explore whether the inner visions of a wine would help you to learn more and have some fun while...
by Sondra Barrett | Apr 25, 2012 | Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured, Wine
Wine portrait: Quintessa 2001 (Bordeaux blend – biodynamic). When I was a medical scientist it became clear that getting better from an illness was more than about molecules. A whole body of research evolved showing how important people are to our overall...
by Sondra Barrett | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog, Cell Wisdom, Secrets of Your Cells, Spirituality
Are there times when you feel you’re just not ‘there?’ Like your molecules are all scattered? Well, to me that state is about being ‘out of sorts,’ or from being in a different environment than I am used to. I live in the country, in an...
