Personal Project: floating wine
Continuing with my wine themed photos series, I present a bottle of wine floating above a sea of corks.
I've had this photo in my brain for quite some time. I've been collecting corks for some kind of photo for a couple years now without really knowing what I was going to do with them. Then it hit me to combine the floating shot with my huge box of corks. I hot-glued about 400 corks to a piece of black foam core board as the base. It took me a while to figure out a method to elevate the wine bottle when it suddenly hit me. Just glue some corks to the bottle.
Stryker wine is also one of my absolute favorite brands of wine. Sarah and I had the luxury of visiting the Stryker Winery last August and knew instantly that their wine is special. So special, we ordered a case to be shipped back. This wine simply melts in your mouth.
These shots are a larger scale and similar to my floating nut shot. 
Want to see the set up for this shot?
View from the patio of Stryker Vineyards.
Heading back to the bicycles after tasting Stryker Wines.
Thanks for looking. Feel free to comment!
Wine photos
Mosaic courtesy of Big Huge Labs. It's interesting to watch the North Carolina wine industry take off and learn the ropes of a very complex industry.
vines
Vineyards from the Napa Valley in California, specifically the Clos Pegas Vineyard south of Calistoga, CA.
I've recently had the opportunity to visit vineyards in central North Carolina. The valleys of California are mature and rich with variety while the North Carolina winery scene is at it's infant stages.
Vineyards can be a very photographic rich environment with a mix of people and products. In my opinion, North Carolina is poised to expand and develop into a quality niche wine producing market. I wonder what traditional cotton and tobacco farmers will bring the wine palate?
Raffaldini Vineyards in the Yadkin Valley, Central North Carolina. Unfortunately, the sky was gray the day I visited. I plan on heading to the NC vineyards several times a year to document some ideas and possibly the story of NC wine making.
I had to take this last picture. I once had a roommate who was nuts about the number 29. Anytime he saw it, he would shout it out... "29!"
