Aug 11, 2026 · 30 min · 12 segments
*From Lens to Cellar: The Art and Alchemy of Werkstatt* Today we are delighted to talk with Bridget Mac. From art to wine, Bridget’s path has been anything but ordinary. After 15 years as an artist…
Bridget MacGuest
Brent MastersHost
If you could describe your winemaking process as a photo, what would be in the frame?
It's a hard one because A photograph captures a moment in time and it doesn't change.
Whereas my wire making process changes year on year, day on day, depending on what is happening during vintage, what's happening in the cellar at any other time.
A photograph, as beautiful as it is, it doesn't do anything different than what it's showing you, whereas a wine or the winemaking process is always in flux, it's always changing, and I think that's quite beautiful in its own sense.
Well, that's why I kind of, I was interested because it could be the stock standard year.
I stock a picture of some grapes glistening with the background of thing, which is, this is what I'm laughing.
I can see you laughing, which cause I know that my American process is not, but that could be, or you could, it could be just a bit of, It's mud and you're thinking, oh, and you're up to your neck in it, you know? So I was just interested in that.
No, no, I was just, I'm just actually harboring my own artistic in this, just thinking that, yeah, what it's, as you said, you know, a photo is a moment in time, but It can invoke images or it can evoke other things that are not captured in there as well.
Or it could be, you know, a person with their hands up in the air looking dishevelled.
It could be like, you know, I don't know, Picasso or something like that in there.
Yeah, the winemaking process, I think if someone was to take a photo of the winemaking process, I could imagine like a collage or something quite layered.
If you could describe your winemaking process as a photo, what would be in the frame?
It's a hard one because A photograph captures a moment in time and it doesn't change.
Whereas my wire making process changes year on year, day on day, depending on what is happening during vintage, what's happening in the cellar at any other time.
A photograph, as beautiful as it is, it doesn't do anything different than what it's showing you, whereas a wine or the winemaking process is always in flux, it's always changing, and I think that's quite beautiful in its own sense.
Well, that's why I kind of, I was interested because it could be the stock standard year.
I stock a picture of some grapes glistening with the background of thing, which is, this is what I'm laughing.
I can see you laughing, which cause I know that my American process is not, but that could be, or you could, it could be just a bit of, It's mud and you're thinking, oh, and you're up to your neck in it, you know? So I was just interested in that.
No, no, I was just, I'm just actually harboring my own artistic in this, just thinking that, yeah, what it's, as you said, you know, a photo is a moment in time, but It can invoke images or it can evoke other things that are not captured in there as well.
Or it could be, you know, a person with their hands up in the air looking dishevelled.
It could be like, you know, I don't know, Picasso or something like that in there.
Yeah, the winemaking process, I think if someone was to take a photo of the winemaking process, I could imagine like a collage or something quite layered.
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