Vigneto delle Sangiovese
The sangiovese grape is the foundation fo the famous chianti wine from Toscana, Italia. There are said to be many alchemists in the hills of Tuscany brewing up life enhancinig elixirs with sangiovese...
View ArticleTaste Palace
Found an amazing place right outside of Siena where they grow sangiovese, olives, fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts… all in balance or promiscuo as they say. Not a vineyard, not a farm… I call it a taste...
View ArticleThe Truth About Resveratrol
The source of red wine’s health benefits has been up for debate for some time now. Is it the alcohol, is it the Resveratrol, or is it some magical blend of all its components? There are more and more...
View ArticleSerendipity is Synchronicity
Serendipity is a very powerful idea. To the extreme rationalist or scientist, there is no such thing… only random coincidences. To the mystic or artist, it is everything, the reason for breathing for...
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evolutionary force of mental shifts
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on this lately since my uncle passed away last month. He was in and out of state hospitals for a large part of his life, being diagnosed with epilepsy since a young...
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California Dreaming
I’ve been in California for about 3 weeks now, and it’s been a vortex of amazing people, inspiring farms, and tasty elixirs. Right off the plane in San Francisco, I met a girl crazy passionate about...
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Nature to the Grid: Urban Farming
This is a follow up on the Nature to the Grid theme I wrote a few posts for last year (see below for links). This one was sparked when I met with a friend of mine, Daron Joffe aka FarmerD, the other...
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Fusing Mind with Vine
Psychotherapists and holistic healers galore out here in the bay area… lovin it. We’ve learned so much about the body and the yogic practices of release and meditation, and yet the mind is the healer...
View Articleالإكسير
الإكسير in Arabic means al-ikseer, which is the source of the word elixir. The essence being the elixir of life… something alchemists have been seeking since the dawn of civilization. There may not be...
View ArticleGrapeThinking
This video is a compilation of my harvests in the agroturismos of Italy, the desert of Argentina, and the sunshine of northern California. The music is one of my favorite songs of all time, it’s...
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