by Sondra Barrett | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste
Does wine have a soul? Isn’t it transformed grape juice? Does it pick up soul along with spirit? When I look at art or listen to a piece of music, some of it touches my soul. When I first began photographing cells, molecules, then wine under the scope My soul...
by Sondra Barrett | May 22, 2011 | Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Featured
Today I watched a video of the first Art & Soul of Wine (2005), WINESPIRIT sponsored with Leslie Rudd at the RUDD Estate. I had been away from the wine world for two decades when I discovered WineSpirit co-founded by the 2 Davids – Freed and White. My first...
by Sondra Barrett | Jan 18, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured
What is this? After a weekend of showing this image as a large art portrait, it was clear that it brought up different imagery to folks. It was part of the Winter WineLand ‘art happening’ at Freestone Vineyards, a beautiful friendly place with beautiful...
by Sondra Barrett | Nov 15, 2010 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste
This wine gave me butterflies in all the right places. What visions do your favorite wines express? Photographs of wine through a polarizing microscope offer unique and compelling ways to learn about and enjoy wine. They also capture a glimpse into the story of one...
by Sondra Barrett | Nov 10, 2010 | Blog
I’ve thought a lot about aging, but mostly about wine. I certainly don’t like to SEE how I am aging. But perhaps we each need to consider a new look at the positive aspects of our aging. My friend and mentor Tomas Pinkson has begun to offer a way to...