Sculpterra Winery: Where Art, Wine, and Music Mix

After I made my videos, I went back to YouTube to see what others had done. Sculpterra had a few professional slide shows posted there that have some great pictures -- especially if you want to see close-up pictures of the sculpture. But the one thing missing in their presentations besides real video, was people.

When you actually visit the tasting room there are people everywhere., and with them come background noise that happens when there are lots of people. If you see the professional presentations, they are beautiful, but barren. The same people who come to bring life to the scene also make it hard to get great pictures -- especially if you are trying not to put their faces in the pictures. The tasting room, as do most I've been in, has a definite echo, and that, along with people's voices, tends to keep the musicians from sounding as good as they really did sound if you were very close to them. I noticed this in a video someone else took on a different day, as well. Cars in the parking lot also intrude in some of the pictures and videos because you can't get one without the other. In the links near the end I will send you to the Sculpterra web site for really professional pictures of the sculptures I will show you in my video tours.

This picture shows what you will see when you walk in from the parking lot.

There's much more art at Sculpterra than you see outside in the Sculpture Garden. The tasting room itself is full of art in different mediums, most of which you can buy and take home with you. It's a great place to get unique gits for others or art pieces for your own home. It's also worth noting that the art on display is constantly changing. I came in October, 2010, when Teréz Tyni was artist of the month. It's her work hanging on the wall here. I will be saying more about her in another lens, but she was happy to let me share these pictures of her work. I met her at an artist reception at Studios on the Park in Paso Robles about a week after I saw her work here. She had just won the blue ribbon at a juried art exhibit "Speed" sponsored by the Paso Robles Art Association. You can see and purchase her work on her web site. Every month there will be another artist featured, so you can see how Sculpterra helps promote our local artists along with its wines. I have a link to the Sculpterra web site below in the links module, and if you click on the their "News and Events" tab, you will see which artists and musicians will be featured when.