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New York Wine Competition Awards Texas Wines

New York Wine Competition Awards Texas Wines A record number of wines competed for awards in the 10th annual Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (http://www.fliwc.com/) in 2010. The competition, which benefits Camp Good Days and Special Times, drew more than 2,900 wines. The competition was the first to feature wines from all 50 states, a [...]

What Wine Do You Serve with Chicken Fried Bacon? The State Fair of Texas Winning Fried Food

What Wine Do You Serve with Chicken Fried Bacon? The State Fair of Texas Winning Fried Food By JESSICA MEYERS / The Dallas Morning News Nothing says Texas State Fair like fried cooking, and nothing says Texas like chicken fried steak. Glen Kusak’s chicken fried bacon combined both, winning him the best taste award Monday at [...]

Texas Wines Earn High Marks: 2009 Lone Star International Wine Competition

Texas Wines Earn High Marks: 2009 Lone Star International Wine Competition Medal Results from the 2009 Lone Star International Wine Competition at: http://www.txwines.org/competitions/lonestar_results.asp The rest of the story…… Last week, I blogged about my trek across the highways and byways of Texas from Houston up to Grapevine, Texas: An appropriate place to judge a wine [...]

Grape Creek Vineyards Dinner at Chef Burtwell’s Cabernet Grill

Grape Creek Vineyards Vintner Dinner at Chef Burtwell’s Cabernet Grill Texas Hill Country wines are rapidly becoming what can be referred to as “the whole deal, the real deal, and the big deal”; something similar to what I previously experienced in northern California in the 1970s. This was particularly true last week when my wife [...]

Texas Winery Passport

Texas Winery Passport A Texas winery is a destination – an escape to a world of taste, refinement and natural beauty. Together, Texas wineries form one of the world’s great wine countries. Texas is actually about the size of France with more than 160 wineries and eight viticultural areas. It’s time to come and experience [...]