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To purchase exact copies of Sara's images shown at Copia, the Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts, please contact the Volakis Gallery in Yountville, Napa Valley, California. The images are 27" x 40", printed on canvas. Prices start at $1500. Emanuel Volakis, Owner volakis@earthlink.net www.volakisgallery.com View Images from the exhibition books washington: the state of wine
"Text is clearly secondary here; the real stars of the show are the thoughtful, intimate and revealing photographs, which portray, better than any book to date, a Washington wine industry that is every bit as beautiful and artistic as that large state to the south."
"If your eye is jaded, when you've seen one winery and vineyard, you've seen them all. But if your eye is Sara Matthews', even if you've seen hundreds, you don't tire of seeing each one individually and freshly. Her acute eye is the camera, guided by an artist's imagination."
"At the end of the day, good wine is about place. It's about the characteristics of the soil where the vines are planted. It's about temperature, sunlight, the lay of the land, how much rain falls and when it falls. The land also forms the people living there. Distinctive places attract a specific type of individual whose methods of grape growing and winemaking are informed by the land, creating traditions that further contribute to a wine's sense of place. Europeans have always understood this. We Americans have had to learn it. The French call this notion terroir and to the vignerons there it is a religion. Some think that Washington is too young a wine region to have developed a significant sense of place, but I think they're wrong. True, we have not mapped the nuances of all of the best vineyard sites as the French have, and we lack their singular culture, but we understand the uniqueness of our land and are collectively driven by the goal of making quality wines. Photographer Sara Matthews understands just what it is about this place and its people that make it viticulturally special. In her new book "Washington: the State of Wine" (Graphic Arts Books, 112 pages) she makes her case with scenes that are sometimes dramatic (aerial shots of vineyards) and sometimes mundane (a dog sleeping in the sun). Matthews is an accomplished photographer, having done similar books on many of the world's major wine regions. In this book her artist's eye edits the landscape until only the important and the essential remain. In the chapter titled "Missoula Floods" she is most impressive. These floods of biblical proportions raced through Eastern Washington some 10,000 years ago, scouring and carving the land and depositing and removing soil, which virtually created our opportunity to grow great wines. The evidence of these events and their sheer enormity are made dramatically clear in Matthews' pictures. This is a book of photographs, not a tome on the Washington wine industry. Matthews includes just enough text -- mostly quotes from her subjects -- to keep the reader lingering on each page. If this book doesn't make you want to take to the road and explore our wine country, then perhaps nothing will."
- Richard Kinssies, Wednesday, August 30, 2006, Seattle Post-Intelligencer chile: the art of wine “Sara Matthews’ stunning images and storytelling reveal the heart and soul of Chile.” – Robert Mondavi “These are not illustrations for a magazine article but pieces of art in their own right.” – Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator “Sara Matthews captures the art of Chilean wine with her art of photography. The history, culture, people and the vineyards and wines of Chile are beautifully shown through her original and creative eye.” – Kevin Zraly, author, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course “Sara Matthews’ exquisite, beautifully composed images
bring the world of Chilean wine to vibrant life.” mendoza: our terroir “Mendoza: Our Terroir is the best marketing tool we have ever produced. The pictures illustrate the beauty and significance of our Mendozan terroir better than any words could. We work with many designers, photographers and consultants. It is rare to find someone like Sara who not only gets the job done in a timely fashion, but who also becomes personally invested in the ultimate success of the project, involving herself in every detail, from start to finish.” – Laura Catena, Bodega Catena Zapata, Argentina a village in the vineyards “With an honest, yet sensitive, eye, Tom Matthews infuses the
lives of the Ruchelais with dignity…The Matthews’ ears and
eyes (along with Sara Matthews’ camera lens) capture the simple
rhythms of life in Ruch.” – Deborah Scoblionkov, The Philadelphia Inquirer “The book…contains sensitive photos by Sara Matthews, whose
artistic eye seems to be in demand everywhere in winedom.” –
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