Sondra Barrett:ILLUMINATING WINE & LIFE

HOME | PROGRAMS | WINE | THE BOOK | BIO | PRESS | STORE | Connect | Links | EDIBLE

 
A unique and wonderful gift to brighten up your new year
 
Books available now!

As a winemaker for more than 50 years, I’ve always felt that making wine is much like raising children: You have to love and guide them and transmit to them the richness of your spirit. Now . . .“Wine’s Hidden Beauty” presents dramatic proof of what I’ve longed believed, but could only feel: wine has a secret life and inner beauty that transcends its chemical components. Dr. Barrett’s portraits of wine are a wonderful addition to our understanding of the art, science and spirit of winemaking.
–Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, winemaker/founder Grgich Hills Estate

150WHBwhole.jpg

Purchase a first edition signed copy
direct from the author Sondra Barrett 

Download Contents and Intro to book

Excerpts from the book.

WINE’S HIDDEN BEAUTY
A  UNIQUE concept and full-color gift book!
 
This unabashed feast for the senses celebrates the wonder and mystery of wine and life. Award-winning photographer Sondra Barrett takes you on an illuminating journey into the art, science and soul of wine. With the microscope as the starting point,  amazing photographs captured from the art inside the bottle, reveal an intimate look to deepen your pleasure for this beloved beverage.
 
In Wine’s Hidden Beauty you travel beyond molecules to vineyards, visit with pioneering winemakers and the mystic grape to discover the passion that brings people to wine.  While drinking in the incredible beauty of the unseen world you will also learn about taste, wine and health, and savoring life.  Have fun with this book.
 
CONTENTS
 
Introduction
  1. Discovering the Inner Grape
  2. Transformation
  3. Shaping Taste
  4. Wine Legends:  Art in the Bottle
  5. Cultivating Well-being
  6. The Spirit of the Grape
  7. The Soul of Wine
  8. Savoring Life
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
index
List of wineries in US using organic and/or biodynamic practices
 
Retail price $35.  Order here and get autographed copies.
Books also available from Amazon, online and independent bookstores.


Specifications:

Format: full color 10 x 10 soft cover gift book, 100 color illustrations, 133 pages

ISBN: 978-0-578-02947-4   Publisher: Mystic Molecules Media   

The book illuminates exquisite wines from the following wineries:

BV                              Ceago Vinegarden                Chateau La Mondotte

F.E Trimbach             Frank Family                          Grgich Hills

Kendall-Jackson        Kosta-Browne                       La Sirena

Robert Mondavi         Ponzi Vineyards                     Patianna Organic Vineyards

Quintessa                   Rudd Oakville Estate             Sterling Vineyards

 
An educational, fun, and incredibly beautiful piece of work; Barrett openly shares the art, soul, and life pleasures of wine.
Jim Fetzer, Owner/President of Ceago Vinegarden, former Pres. Fetzer Vyds

Unique books on the subject of wine are a rare find these days. This is certainly one of them.
 
For those who enjoy drinking wine, and relish the art and science behind its magic, Sondra Barrett has taken us to another level.
 
Whether for its insight into the history and culture of the grape, and its evolution into the lifestyle of the world’s great cultures, or for its penetrating view into the visually stunning molecular world within, “Wine’s Hidden Beauty” is a journey into wine that you will thoroughly enjoy. Twenty years in the making, the book’s vintage is about right.
–Ron Scharman, Wine Traveler, eWinery Solutions

Bid on a book and help the people in Haiti

Wine for Haiti

Follow
                  Sondra_Barrett on Twitter