Oenotes

I began taking multi-sensorial notes about each and every wine I drank in 2001. To date, I’ve noted over 3,000 wines. The Wine Journals contain all of my tasting notes in numerical order, wine labels, signatures of noted wine figures, and an occasional drawing of a wine-related landscape. For the show, I’ve included a full-page entry of a specific tasting, a spread from a journal that incorporates some Italian wine tasting notes and a pencil rendering of Firenze drawn on location in May 2017. Oenotes features the premier of CorkPrints™ - my prints from the original stamps made from red wine corks when they are first pulled from their bottle. Wet with their wine, like thumbprints and DNA, no two are ever alike. 

 

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#2957 Sept. 16, 2017
#2957 Sept. 16, 2017
$1,800.00
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#2997 Domaine Tour Boisee, Malbec Alicante, Bel Serrat, 2013
#2997 Domaine Tour Boisee, Malbec Alicante, Bel Serrat, 2013
$900.00
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#1540 Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, 2001
#1540 Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, 2001
$900.00
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#1960 Arceno, Prima Voce, 2004
#1960 Arceno, Prima Voce, 2004
$900.00
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#1875 Chateau Pipeau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2000
#1875 Chateau Pipeau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2000
$900.00
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May 26 & 28, 2017
May 26 & 28, 2017
$1,400.00
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Vineyard 29, Aida, 2005
Vineyard 29, Aida, 2005
from $150.00
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The Complete Set of all four CorkPrints™
The Complete Set of all four CorkPrints™
$3,000.00
#2957 Sept. 16, 2017
#2957 Sept. 16, 2017
#2957 Sept. 16, 2017
#2957 Sept. 16, 2017

#2957 Sept. 16, 2017

$1,800.00
23” x 24”​ Archival Print, Framed, Edition of 10

Like phases of the moon, this page features a progression of single CorkPrints™ from a 2005 bottle of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon from Clare LuceAbbey. A full-page of notes takes you through the progression of evaluating the wine itself.
#2997 Domaine Tour Boisee, Malbec Alicante, Bel Serrat, 2013
#2997 Domaine Tour Boisee, Malbec Alicante, Bel Serrat, 2013
#2997 Domaine Tour Boisee, Malbec Alicante, Bel Serrat, 2013
#2997 Domaine Tour Boisee, Malbec Alicante, Bel Serrat, 2013

#2997 Domaine Tour Boisee, Malbec Alicante, Bel Serrat, 2013

$900.00
17” x 17”​ Archival Print, Framed, Edition of 10

CorkPrints™ are certainly up for interpretation, and this one is no exception. Taking more than a little Artistic License, this impression features, what appears to be, a boy carrying a small goat, dog, or rabbit.
#1540 Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, 2001
#1540 Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, 2001
#1540 Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, 2001
#1540 Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, 2001

#1540 Chateau Lascombes, Margaux, 2001

$900.00
17” x 17”​ Archival Print, Framed, Edition of 10

There are those who, when they look at this print, can only see the face that the impression left from a fine Bordeaux wine.
#1960 Arceno, Prima Voce, 2004
#1960 Arceno, Prima Voce, 2004
#1960 Arceno, Prima Voce, 2004
#1960 Arceno, Prima Voce, 2004

#1960 Arceno, Prima Voce, 2004

$900.00
Connect the dots of this impression and see if you can spot the snow leopard left behind from another fine wine.
#1875 Chateau Pipeau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2000
#1875 Chateau Pipeau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2000
#1875 Chateau Pipeau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2000
#1875 Chateau Pipeau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2000

#1875 Chateau Pipeau, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2000

$900.00
17” x 17” ​Archival Print, Framed, Edition of 10

An impression of the mountains reflecting in the water creates an imagined landscape from a fine Bordeaux wine.
May 26 & 28, 2017
May 26 & 28, 2017
May 26 & 28, 2017
May 26 & 28, 2017

May 26 & 28, 2017

$1,400.00
15.5” x 23.25”​​ Archival Print, Framed, Edition of 10​

This piece is for a wine lover of all things Italian. A spread from the last full wine journal, when framed, the art can be hung as a vertical or horizontal piece. The pencil illustration is of the view from my hotel balcony in Florence, Italy. The wine notes and accompanying CorkPrints™ are from a private tasting at CAIAROSSA in Riparbella, Tuscany on my 54th birthday. The autograph is of the wine maker himself.
Vineyard 29, Aida, 2005

Vineyard 29, Aida, 2005

$150.00
This print was not originally available as part of Cirkus Diurnus. Be it a phoenix rising or a bat signal, this California wine left a lasting impression worthy of being produced as a print in the collection.
The Complete Set of all four CorkPrints™

The Complete Set of all four CorkPrints™

$3,000.00
17” x 17” each​​, Archival Prints, Framed Individually