Tag Archives: Gulf Coast
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Harvest Edition (The Vintage of the Century)
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Harvest Edition (The Vintage of the Century) Well, it’s time to start harvesting the fruits of this year’s Texas vintage. By most accounts, growers and winemakers alike are referring to this year as the “Vintage of the Century” for the Texas wine industry. The pressures from late [...]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Madeira
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Madeira The Portuguese island 400 miles into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northern Africa. Wines have been produced on this island since around the fifteenth century. However, this winegrowing and winemaking location gained distinction for the fortified wines enjoyed in colonial America. British officers returning from American brought [...]
Video: Dallas Wine Trail – A Wine Trail without Leaving the City
Video: Dallas Wine Trail – A Wine Trail without Leaving the City This is the fifth in a series of eight videos on Texas Wine trails. This episode features the Dallas Wine Trail, a cluster of four wineries in and around downtown Dallas. These wineries bring the rural winery experience into the heart of Big [...]
Texas Gulf Coast Wine Country – Old Place, New Opportunity
Texas Gulf Coast Wine Country – Old Place, New Opportunity It was cold and damp this morning, but after yesterday’s even wetter and colder tour of Jerry Watson’s vineyard in Cat Springs, the warmth in the Cat Springs Agricultural Society hall was building with the crowd. The weather was familiar to me. It was [...]
