Category: Bottling
A True California Wine Country (High Country) Experience: Cannabis Cuvées

A True California Wine Country (High Country) Experience: Cannabis Cuvées Source: The Daily Beast…Apr 14, 2012 Wines fermented with weed were a novelty in the early 1980s, but now quite a few California winemakers are producing cannabis cuvées on the sly-with cabernet the variety of choice. Last year, at a…
“Big Bottle Boy” (@TXwineLover) Celebrates Opening His 6-Liter Bottle of Gold Medal Winning Texas Muscat Blanc
Caldwell Family Winery: An Urban Oasis of Texas Wine in Downtown Houston
A Sunny Sunday Afternoon at Bending Branch Vineyards
A Sunny Sunday Afternoon at Bending Branch Vineyards I’d met winery owner and winemaker, Bob Young, before. It was at the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association meeting this past February. He was seated next to me on a bus as it navigated its way to our dinner destination at…
Texas Grape Growers, Winery Affiliates and Serious Wannabes
Texas Grape Growers, Winery Affiliates and Serious Wannabes Viticulture Calendar and Updates There are several excellent educational events coming up for prospective, new and advanced grape growers. Please see the calendar of dates below and register where appropriate. Two Prospective Grower Workshops October 12, 2010, Pittsburg, Texas, Instructor – Fran Pontasch November…
CapRock Auction Analysis & Video: A Bit of France Comes to Texas Via New Mexico; Hopefully, a Bit More of Texas Will Reach More of America, Too
A Bit of France Comes to Texas Via New Mexico; Hopefully a Bit More of Texas Will Reach the Rest of America, Too This might not be a French Chateau, but inside this simple winery facade there is a sister/brother duo, Nathalie and Laurent Gruet, who moved to the high…
CapRock Winery Auction Today: What Do You Think About This Scenario?
CapRock Winery Auction Today: What Do You Think About This Scenario? Will it happen? Could it Happen? In a perfect world…. Several of the Texas High Plains growers get together and not only run a common crush facility at the CapRock WInery in Lubbock, but actually get together for the…
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – July 8, 2010
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – July 8, 2010 The Best Place to Drink Texas Wine From Gray Market Report (7/1/2010) Recently I visited Texas wine country, about which I wrote this column for Wine Review Online. Texas may be the 5th largest wine-producing state in the US,…