What theHeli? My Interview w/Heidi Barrett Christine Trice is the Founder & Chief Bad Ass of OMG I So Need A Glass of Wine Or I’m Gonna Sell My Kids (with well over 120,000 facebook fans). Entrepreneur, mom of two girls and four furbabies, wife to one and serial over-committer, she’s pas- sionate about her family, wine, philanthropy, wine, dog rescue, SUP and of course, wine. She believes that you haven’t lived until you’ve danced naked in a thunderstorm. Christine writes for the Ricki Lake Show website and is also a founding member of their social media community, Friends of Ricki. how a woman who is a wife, mother, winemaker extraor- dinaire and pilot (yes, I said “pilot”) could accomplish so much and always stay on her game? I wanted to know what makes her tick, what truly drives her, so I sat down with Heidi to hear her story. She happily obliged. I met Heidi at Jericho Canyon Winery, where she makes her own brand of wine, La Sirena. I’ll admit that I was a bit starstruck to meet her in person, but she instantly made me feel at home. Heidi is warm, friendly and sur- prisingly very humble, given her accolades. As we settled in, I commented on the large fruit and vegetable paintings adorning the tasting area. “I painted those.” Thank you, Heidi, for the perfect conversation opener. Painting is one of Heidi’s favorite pastimes. She challenges herself with the blurs of moving objects like The name her garden and her love for the ocean. She embracesracehorses or dancing figures, but is also inspired from the rich cobalts of the water, and shares her passion for Heidi Barrett ful artists with all these layers of angst and darkness. -life on the canvas. “I’m not one of those deep, meaning indicates stardom in the Napa Valley. Dubbed “the I just paint because life is beautiful and that’s the way I first lady of wine,” practically everything Heidi see it.” touches turns to 100 points. She’s best known for crafting the infamous ’92 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Heidi’s quite the adventurist. “I love what I do for a job, that sold for $500,000 for a 6-liter bottle, setting a but I love my time off and use it to the max. I downhill world record at the 2000 Napa Valley Wine Auction ski, scuba dive, paint and fly my helicopter.” Well done. for the highest price ever paid for a single bottle of Every woman should play as hard as she works. Heidi is wine. The following year that same vintage auc- the perfect example of well-roundedness and balance. tioned for $650,000. And she’s just as crazy about the ocean as she is about wine. “If I didn’t make wine I’d probably be a marine biolo- Heidi’s career hasn’t skipped a beat, and she’s continued gist. I’m really into fish ID and the symbiotic relationships to produce phenomenal cult wines over the years. You’d that happen in the ocean, and all of their behaviors. It’s expect nothing less given her lineage (wine most literally one of the most beautiful parts of the whole planet, that runs through her veins), her talent, and of course, her not many people get to experience. It’s so special, and I passion for the grape. But if you’re like me, I was curious love it.” 3 26 w w w . n A P A V A L L E Y L I F E m A G A z I n E . c o m
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