Pandama Retreat & Winery
innovates during pandemic
By Tangerine Clarke
Warren and Tracy Douglas,
proprietors of Guyana’s Pandama
Retreat and Winery, a utopia
tucked away in calming Madewini
on the Linden Soesdyke Highway
have had to listen to all the
guidelines and create a healthy
environment as much as possible
for “souls to ground their spirits
while feeling safe” during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Warren, a US Army veteran,
and re-migrant, and Americanborn
wife Tracy, a painter and
fashion designer, embarked on a
new and exciting adventure to
produce the first vino company
that today, despite having to
look on as the world shuts down,
restored what “they do know and
love, art and wine.”
“As we watched the world shutdown,
having no idea what was
happening and for how long, we
resorted to what we do know and
love, art and wine! We went to the
market, deciding to use fruit that
we had never used before to help
with our mental wellbeing!
“Watermelons and tomatoes
were in abundance and would
provide a new challenge for us, a
welcoming distraction,” Tracy told
Caribbean Life, during the hustle
and bustle of the Christmas season,
where they created a holiday
blend in just four hours, to meet
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the demand of client, Guyana
Telephone & Telegraph, (GT&T)
which gifted the bottles.
This special label that reads,
“Pandama Wines Happy Holidays
– Together We Rise Stronger” certainly
speaks to the strength of
the brand that has stood strong
during this troubling year of the
COVID-19 pandemic that has
brought the world to a standstill.
Tracy, an ace designer who
etches unique motif to equal each
selection, said while Warren fermented
the wine, she added her
creative touch to doors, tables and
chairs all around their breathtaking
property.
Warren expressed: “We would
like to thank the Guyana Telephone
and Telegraph Company
(GT& T) for collaborating with the
Pandama Winery to bring custom
labeled Christmas cheer to its
staff. We created a special holiday
blend to enhance their Christmas
experience.”
Of their retreat, Tracy said, “We
realize more and more that people
need physical and visual comfort.
They need to get grounded and
Tracy and Warren Douglas of Pandama Retreat and Winery
in calming Madewini, on the Linden Soesdyke Highway,
Guyana. Pandama Retreat and Winery
have time to catch up to their
authentic thoughts and feelings.”
“Many people don’t understand
why we have guidelines like no
music or negative chatter. They
have no idea the joy that is planted
in our soil as you hear family
and friends talking and laughing
while eating out of a calabash,”
she put into words the tranquility
that attracts tourists from across
the world to Pandama.
The Holiday Blend –
Pandama Wines Happy
Holidays Ð Together We
Rise Stronger created in four
days for GT&T client.
Pandama Retreat and Winery
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