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HAVE FUN WITH WINE - play here! See if you can distinguish the micro expression of sauvignon blanc compared to chardonnay & sangiovese
Transformation
Through grape’s partne rship with yeast, the alchemical transformation of fermentation begins. Yeast loves sugar in the sweet
grape juice, chews it up and converts it into bubbly carbon dioxide and spirited alcohol. When grapes ripen from tight young green
berries to plump juicy fruit at harvest time, sugar content increases. Typically grapes are harvested
when the sugar reaches about 22-24%; percent sugar is also called Brix. The general
rule, for every 2 Brix (2% sugar), 1% alcohol is produced. A wine label that says the alcohol is 12.0% also tells us at harvest
the grapes were around 24 Brix. If the ferment reaches 15% alcohol yeasts’ work often ceases. 
Juice becomes wine
In wine’s creation story, it is evident that yeast adds something essential to the mix of sweet juice, acids, tannins, and pigments.
They not only transform sugar into other molecules and alcohol, they bring more light to the microscopic display. I interpret
the light as reflecting spirit and vitality, though technically it’s a lot more. From Wine’s Hidden Beauty. All rights reserved. ©2009 Sondra Barrett
The Message
in the Bottle? Growing and Opening Up 
One of the reasons I became
so fascinated by wine, it showed the story of life and our senses. Juice, through the microscope is tiny. From
fermentation on the forms transform, become more complex, change, grow, and you may even notice a wine losing its vitality.
These images of a Rudd cabernet illuminate how a wine opens up as it ages.
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MICRO PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS
- Create greater awareness of the
uniqueness for your winery
- From juice through fermentation,
bottling and aging, capture wine’s changing personality
- Colorful
expressions through the microscope illuminate the Message in the Bottle
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ORGANIC WINE? It gets confusing these
days reading wine labels. What's the difference between organic wine and wine made with organically grown grapes? Basically
nothing when it comes to what happens in the vineyard. Its in the winery, things are different. To learn more, there are lots of excellent sites such as The Organic Wine Company. We'll be adding information here as well. Do you have a favorite "organic"wine? Since I have been photographing wine I have generated a library of beautiful portraits from biodynamic
and "organic" wines. They include Benziger, Ch. Bousquette, Ceago Vinegarden, Jeriko, Patianna, SkySaddle
and Spotteswood.
List of US organic/biodynamic wineries
A MILESTONE - the first wine label!
This
label graces an exquisite Roussane wine - THE PEARL 2007 - crafted by winemaker-owner
Carroll Kemp at Red Car Wine Co. The image captures a portrait in time of the wine inside the bottle. It's already sold out. The 2008 vintage will be graced by another microscopic portrait of the wine.
ANSWERS to poll at Inner Views
Wine 1 is sauvignon blanc Wine 2 is chardonnay Wine 3 is a sangiovese
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