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Texas Posts Largest Percentage Increase in Wineries in 2011

Jan 252012

Texas Posts Largest Percentage Increase in Wineries in 2011

According to Lettie Teague citing research from WinesVinesData in her “On Wine” column in the Wall Street Journal…

“California, unsurprisingly, lead the pack for new wineries started in 2011: 196 new wineries opened with a Golden State address, making its new total 3,519. California led the pack by a rather large margin. It’s trailed by Washington State (669), Oregon (538), New York (285), Virginia (210) and Texas (204).

But, Texans can take Texas-sized pride in the fact that they posted the largest percentage of all— by adding sixteen new wineries in 2011.”

Let’s have a hearty, Texas-sized shout out for Texas wine and the consumers that are driving this growth.

More at: http://blogs.wsj.com/wine/2012/01/24/data-shows-growth-in-american-wineries/

Old World Charm, New World Adventure – The Wines of Alamosa Wine Cellars

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Jan 242012

Old World Charm, New World Adventure – The Wines of Alamosa Wine Cellars The other day, after tasting a set of three wines from Alamosa Wine Cellars, I was reading in my Sotherby’s Wine Encyclopedia… “While Spain can claim a 3,000 year history of wine, the diversity of its wine areas and styles did not [...]

February TXwine Twitter Tuesday (on Wednesday) Tasting Viognier – February 8, 2012!

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Jan 232012

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Jan 172012

What's the Texas wine scene like? By Ray Isle (Food and Wine Magazine)

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News Flash: The Austin FOOD & WINE Festival, April 27-29, 2012

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Jan 172012

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Just When I Was About to Write-off Texas Chardonnay

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Jan 172012

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What do the New Acres of Texas Grapes Hold in Store for Wine Consumers?

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Jan 102012

What do the New Acres of Texas Grapes Hold in Store for Wine Consumers? In my previous blog post (Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey), I showed that Texas wine were heading south: heading for the southern reaches of Europe for grape varieties that love [...]

Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey

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Jan 082012

Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey To some wine consumers, I am sure that this data will fit their category of “Too Much Information” or “Why Should I Care”. The information that I am talking about is in the above table and comes from a [...]

Top Ten VintageTexas Blogs of 2011 (and Two More)

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Jan 052012

Top Ten VintageTexas Blogs of 2011 (and Two More) I just did the tally of the most popular (most accessed) blogs on VintageTexas for the year of 2011 and they are listed below. For the third year in a row (for some unknown reason), my blog on Texas Black Spanish has led all others. Texas [...]

Playing “Small Ball” at Napa Valley Vintner’s Collective

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Jan 032012

Playing “Small Ball” at Napa Valley Vintner’s Collective In November, I had the pleasure to attend the introductory class day for the Master of Wine first year program. The full day session was held at the offices of Constellation Wines in St. Helena, California in the heart of Napa Valley. The day after the introductory [...]