by Sondra Barrett | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog
Last week, Jo Diaz, Executive Director of Petite Sirah Advocacy Group, gave a few us a wonderful opportunity to taste 16 petite sirahs. We were a small group of 5 women enjoying this vast array of wines. What was so surprising to me, two of us rated and experienced...
by Sondra Barrett | Nov 3, 2010 | Mysteries
I suppose it could be said, drink red wine while whining about last night’s election. So first a toast to the winners especially in my home state of California, we’re still blue. To be honest, I am blue about the national election results and the...
by Sondra Barrett | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog, Shaping Taste
Jo Diaz named me that a few months ago. It is so appropriate and so unconventional, dare I say ‘that’s me.?’ What is a wine shaman, you may ask. My definition – its someone who looks into wine for hidden messages and mysterious molecular...
by Sondra Barrett | Sep 16, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured
I am often asked, “What are these pictures, what do they show?” One answer is the hidden universe in wine. My other answers go from wine Rorschach to the artistic expression of the winemaker or the land. No matter which interpretation, these photographs of wine...
by Sondra Barrett | Feb 19, 2010 | Blog
When the world seems to be in a wine buying slump, the folks in the land of Oz are buying more wine from organic and biodynamic growers. How great is that – expanding upon the beers of their land to wine of their lands. Do you have favorite Aussie...
