1/4/13 Update: TXwine Twitter Tuesday: Join Us Jan. 8th for Texas Wine Bar Tweet-Ups

1/4/13 Update: TXwine Twitter Tuesday: Join Us Jan. 8th for Texas Wine Bar Tweet-Ups

Austin’s Denise Clarke (@DeniseClarkeTX), Houston’s Russ Kane (@VintageTexas), and Jeff Cope (@TXWineLover) invite you to join the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at 7 p.m. CST on January 8th. This month we will celebrate Texas wine bars, wine shops and markets that serve Texas wine. It’s fun to taste and tweet with a group of fellow wine lovers and this is your opportunity!

These are the wine bars and shops that are currently ready to welcome Tweeters on January 8th along with the Twitter coordinators who will be present.

Austin

Whole Foods Market – Bee Cave http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/bee-cave; Coordinator: Denise Clarke @DeniseClarkeTX http://texaswinegal.tumblr.com

Whole Foods Market – Lamar http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lamar; Coordinator: Daniel Kelada @TXWFC http://txwfc.org

Whole Food Market – Arbor Trails http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/arbortrails; Coordinator: Alissa Leenher (@SAHMmelier) http://sahmmelier.wordpress.com

— Whole Foods Markets in Austin @WholeFoodsATX

Bryan

Messina Hof Wine Bar @Messina_Hof http://www.messinahof.com; Coordinators:  Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo @Messina_Hof, @MerrillBon http://www.messinahof.com

Dallas-area

Whole Foods Market – Park Lane http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/park-lane; Jeff Siegel @Wine_Curmudgeon http://www.winecurmudgeon.com

Whole Foods Market – Lakewood http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lakewood; Melanie Ofenloch @melanie0 http://www.dallaswinechick.com

— Whole Foods Markets in DFW @WholeFoodsDFW

Dripping Springs

The Dudley’s Wine Bar & Tap Room @drippinwine http://drippinwine.com; Coordinator: January Wiese @TexasWineTrail http://www.texaswinetrail.com

Fort Worth

WineStyles Montgomery Plaza – http://www.winestylesmontgomeryplaza.com; Coordinators: Gary and Cindy Jones @Texas_Wine_Camp http://texaswinecamp.com

Houston

Whole Foods Market – Montrose http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/montrose; Coordinator: Russ Kane @VintageTexas https://vintagetexas.com

Whole Foods Market – Kirby http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/kirby; Coordinators: Jim and Julie Baker @TXwineGeek & @PurpleJules http://TXwineGeek.com

— Whole Foods Markets Houston @WholeFoodsHOU

Houston-area

The Empty Glass – 104 Market St. Tomball @The_Empty_Glass http://www.theemptyglass.com; Coordinator: Jeff Cope @TXWineLover http://txwinelover.com

San Antonio

Vinously Speaking @vinouslyspeakin – 7271 Wurzbach, Ste 117 http://www.vinouslyspeaking.com; Coordinator: Robin Bircher @VitisPoema http://vitispoema.blogspot.com

— Whole Foods Markets San Antonio – @WholeFoodsSATX

But wait, there’s more…See below.

Whole-Foods-Wine-Bar

Whole Foods Market locations that will be pouring Texas wine where participants can taste and tweet at the wine bars and sell wines by the glass and by the flight. If you attend one of these venues and if you want to give a shout out on where you are….we suggest something like this in your Tweet: “I’m tasting #txwine from @wholefoodsDFW Lakewood store.” See stores and Twitter accounts by city below:

@WholeFoodsATX

Austin – Lamar: 525 North Lamar Blvd. (info)

Austin – Arbor Trails: 4301 W. William Cannon, Bldg B, Ste 800 (info)

@WholeFoodsDFW

Dallas – Highland Park: 4100 Lomo Alto Dr. (info)

Dallas – Lakewood: 2118 Abrams Road (info)

Dallas – Park Lane: 8190 Park Lane, Suite 351 (info)

@WholeFoodsHOU

Houston – Bellaire: 4004 Bellaire Blvd. (info)

Houston – Kirby: 2955 Kirby Dr. (info)

@WholeFoodsSATX

San Antonio – Vineyard: 18403 Blanco Road (info)

How to Participate?

Attend a wine bar location and find the other Tweeters with Smartphones, tablets, or other devices. There will be coordinators at the locations as indicated above to help you with questions about Twitter and Texas wine, or tweet to one of the organizers of the event (indicated above). Select your Texas wine(s) and tweet with others about it. Also, post photos from your wine bar and discuss the wine, atmosphere and location.

If you cannot attend a wine bar location, follow along and enjoy tweeting from home about the Texas wines you are tasting, and interact with others doing the same at the live venues. We will also be inviting Texas wineries whose wines are available at our Twitter locations to participate.

Participating wineries and the Twitter names are: Duchman Family Winery (@DuchmanWinery) Messina Hof (@Messina_Hof), Llano Esstacado (@LlanoWine), McPherson Cellars (@McPhersonCellar), Becker Vineyards (@BeckerVineyards), Fall Creek Vineyards (@FallCreekWines).

How to Tweet about it?

To participate in the TXwine Twitter Tuesday tasting, remember to include #TXwine in your tweets.

If you’re new to Twitter, here’s how you participate:  just sign up for a free Twitter account at www.twitter.com. You can also go to the Tweetchat room set up for #TXwine (http://tweetchat.com/room/TXwine). No registration is required; you can login using your Twitter account info. In the Tweetchat room, participants are invited to follow tweets, add comments or tasting notes and share thoughts as participants taste and discuss the wines.

On TweetChat the hashtag #TXwine will be added automatically. If using TweetDeck or another Twitter application, you will need to add #TXwine in your Tweets.

More Tweets, More Fun!

Remember to taste, follow, tweet and repeat! More tastes, more tweets, more TXwine, more fun! Just remember to sip and spit or consume responsibly!

Also, check out: http://txwinelover.com/2012/12/txwine-twitter-tuesday-join-us-jan-8th-tweet-from-texas-wine-bars/

 

 

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2 Comments

  1. Me to. Bring or encourage fellow wine blogger to participate at one of the 14 locations in Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas. More tweeters, more tweets, more fun. Send them the link for more information on the event and details on the venues.

    Cheers,

    Russ

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