19th Annual Artistry In Wood Exhibition
Apr 28 - Jul 15, 2007
Terroir {ter’ • wâr}: French term meaning ‘sense of place,’ or the geography of a local environment.
The Art of Terroir is a photographic collection of over sixty color images by Healdsburg photographer George Rose that highlight the ‘sense of place,’ of Sonoma County vineyards. Over the last four years, Rose has roamed Kendall-Jackson’s California coastal vineyard estates and captured the seasonal changes in some of the regions most elite mountain and hillside estate vineyards. The estate vineyards, all owned by Jess Jackson, Sonoma County resident and founder of Kendall-Jackson and his family, provide the ‘place,’ that sheds light on what Jackson refers to as ‘a mystical combination of light, water, air and soil, an all-important ingredient in helping to create world-class wines,’ or the French viticultural concept of ‘terroir.’
The Artist
George Rose, is Vice President of Public Relations at Kendall-Jackson Winery and a former Pulitzer-Prize nominated Los Angeles Times photographer who has captured a long list of public figures and celebrities during his prolific career. For seventeen years he also prowled the sidelines of the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders games as a photographer for the National Football League. However, after living in Northern California for several years, nature’s bounty has lured Rose away from the Hollywood limelight.
The Book
This exhibition coincides with the publication of a 110-page book published by San Francisco-based Chronicle Books with feature essay by noted wine writer Rod Smith and designed by Jennifer Barry.
