VintageTexas blog from September 20, 2008 – Shoot Out at the O.K. Wine Corral One of the pleasures I have had, as a member of the Wine Society of Texas, is helping to organize interesting […]
Judgments of Texas Wine: Time for Another Texas Two-Sip. Join Me at Culinaria in San Antonio Where, What, When: Culinaria Wine and Culinary Arts Festival for the Texas Two Sip on Saturday, May 14, Hilton […]
The Judgment of Bryan Texas – Messina Hof Head-to-Head Taste Off This past Sunday morning at Messina Hof Winery and Resort, winery owner Paul Bonarrigo put it on the line at the Messina Hof Twitter Taste-Off. […]
The Judgment of Houston Redux With all of the talk about our recent Drink Local Wine Conference and Texas Twitter Taste-Off, I have had many emails that ask about other times that Texas wines have […]
The Judgment of Houston – 3 In early May, a post competition taste-off of the top ten scoring Texas wines was held at the Grand Wine & Food Affair in Fort Bend County Texas. This […]
The major conclusion of the “Judgment of Houston” was readily evident in the rankings of the top scoring wines and how the top Texas wines placed with respect to the non-Texas ringers. The judges did […]
The Judgment of Houston – 1 Rewind about thirty wine years to the mid-1970’s……France was king of wine and California was clamoring for credit. Then, on May 24, 1976, Harpers Wine and Spirit Weekly Magazine […]
He announced that his wine company had a partner, a California wine producer. The goal was to begin a brand merchandising program built around the “haversack” theme. What’s a haversack? Well, read further and you’ll find out. […]
Books are always in fashion, a perfect gift for those that share your love of life and love of wine. The holiday season is also the perfect time to share a book with a special […]
Texas Viognier Is Rocking the Wine World Against Big Names in California and France Yesterday, I received this media release from Andrew Chalk, who you’ve known as a wine writer and blogger at D Magazine […]