by Sondra Barrett | Sep 21, 2011 | Blog, Cultivating Well-being, Wine
The better cardiovascular health among the French people compared to Americans has been a puzzle. Even though the French eat a lot more saturated fat (meat, cheese, butter), smoke more, and exercise less, the French have forty percent fewer heart attacks. Initially,...
by Sondra Barrett | Aug 2, 2011 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste
If wine had an image to represent its character, style or personality – what kind of wine do you think would be represented by the above image? I often fantasize that if wine bottles had pictures of what’s inside the bottle, we the consumer might make...
by Sondra Barrett | May 4, 2011 | Blog, Featured
I’m so glad to see Inglenook back in the news thanks to Coppola. Why? Years ago when I first started photographing wine through the microscope, when Inglenook made great wine and still ‘lived’ in their original buildings, their PR director hired me...
by Sondra Barrett | Apr 21, 2011 | Blog, Featured, Shaping Taste
I never knew the man in person. I did know his wines and when I traveled throughout the US I was always glad to see them on the menu. They were dependable. I could count on them to be good. I was saddened to hear of his passing. And I always remember the portrait I...
by Sondra Barrett | Nov 14, 2010 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured
What does transformation mean? Changing form or shape. This picture is named “transformation” and reveals fermenting chardonnay. It could be called “Jewels in Space.” The Grape and Wine are perfect metaphors and examples of transformation...
