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Reflections on the life within wine
My Life as a Grape
My Life as a Grape

Eventually I matured and became ripe with freshness and the good manners of balanced sweetness and acidity …

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Nature, WineElizabeth HeckerFebruary 1, 2018
Sun, Air and Sparkle
Sun, Air and Sparkle

Jack London wrote, "I am all sun and air and sparkle. I am vitalized, organic." This is Spring to me, when energy…

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NatureElizabeth HeckerJanuary 30, 2018
The Light and Dark of It
The Light and Dark of It

Staring into a glass of deep dark wine is like being inside a beautiful baroque theatre, waiting for the curtain to rise.

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 29, 2018
An Intimate Connection
An Intimate Connection

Books tell only one side of the story. It takes insight to truly know what it takes for each vineyard to thrive.

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NatureElizabeth HeckerJanuary 26, 2018
Nurtured by Nature
Nurtured by Nature

Organic and biodynamic farming is an intuitive urge to find our integrated relationship with nature again.

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NatureElizabeth HeckerJanuary 25, 2018
Trusting Your Inner Expert
Trusting Your Inner Expert

My friends like to defer to me as some kind of wine expert, but the truth is I am constantly learning from them …

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 24, 2018
The Wine of Life
The Wine of Life

The juice, which transforms into wine—still breathing, evolving as the grapes once did on the vine. 

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 23, 2018
The Great Work
The Great Work

“The great work begins" with preserving the landscape and the spirit so deeply rooted to it.

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NatureElizabeth HeckerJanuary 21, 2018
Part of the Air
Part of the Air

Society is moving so fast that we have lost our connection with the natural rhythms of life.

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SpiritElizabeth HeckerJanuary 19, 2018
Dear Wine in My Glass
Dear Wine in My Glass

Listen to wine, let your senses flow and search for the sensations that reveal the narrative of its life.

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 17, 2018
Love, Hate and Wine Critics
Love, Hate and Wine Critics

Every form of art, including wine, must endure a love–hate relationship with their critics.

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 16, 2018
Form to the Formless
Form to the Formless

Taste wine as if your palate had eyes and let your senses can take you on a vivid journey into its soul.

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SpiritElizabeth HeckerJanuary 15, 2018
The Alchemy of Wine
The Alchemy of Wine

Although we know that science is at the heart of the transformation of grape to wine, there is also a magical alchemy …

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 13, 2018
The Language of Time
The Language of Time

In the future, New World wines will have their own sense of romance for the past just as Old World wine does today.

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SpiritElizabeth HeckerJanuary 12, 2018
The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party

At a dinner party, conversation is flowing, you take a sip of your wine and suddenly everything stops…

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 11, 2018
The Life Within Wine
The Life Within Wine

The sensitive crystallization method observes modifications in the molecular arrangement of plant extracts …

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 10, 2018
Sensing Place
Sensing Place

Does the sense of place in wine require old vines with deep roots to infuse vivid stories into the grapes?

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WineElizabeth HeckerJanuary 9, 2018
A More Colorful Life
A More Colorful Life

In the Priorat, the name for schisty slate is “llicorella” and it comes in many shapes and colors.

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SpiritElizabeth HeckerJanuary 8, 2018
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terroir [ terˈwahr ] + talking [ˈtah king ]
Terroir is the French word for the elements of nature that contribute to the outcome of wine, including soil, climate and topography. Nature finds its voice in wine, spoken in the language of the senses. If you listen... the wine is talking.

 
 

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