by Sondra Barrett | Jan 26, 2017 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
A few months ago I met with winemaker Pete Hoffmann who explored with me the potential that the energy of mental focus directed by crystals can change our pleasure of wine. I was an open skeptic willing to be open to the experience. We sat in Graton’s Wildwood...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
Wine portrait: Pinot Noir 2008 hope & grace. The French use a term “terroir” to talk about a wine’s expression of place. They say that only certain wines express terroir which means they express the land and its temperament. We experience...
by Sondra Barrett | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog, Featured, Wine
In creating a presentation on my journey into wine, I was remembering my first days with the winemakers at Sterling Vineyards – Theo Rosenbrand and Bill Dyer – falling in love with all things wine-related – the cellar, the vineyards, the sharing...
by Sondra Barrett | Aug 2, 2016 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste
There is a sensory experience that some folks have where they SMELL numbers or SEE sounds. Jimi Hendrix HEARD the color blue and physician Richard Cytowic wrote about one of his patients who tasted chicken as angular. Check out his interesting book “The Man...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 3, 2016 | Blog, Featured, Wine
A cold wet Sunday afternoon and I’m forced to look at a question that maybe you can help me with. What do singles who enjoy wine, yet are alone, choose to drink? I made beautiful rare lamb chops and roasted potatoes, no greens sorry, and wanted to warm up this...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 3, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste, Wine
Wine lovers talk about how a wine opens up once its let out of the bottle. When we pour wine into our glass and swirl, we’re helping the wine open up. It softens and release its many volatile components into the air, and our nose. A lot more happens, of...
