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Pleasant Hill Winery Closes: Owners Bob and Jeanne Cottle Set Sights on Retirement, and (for Bob) Sailing the Loop

February 23, 2023 admin 0

Through the years, Bob and Jeanne were a team in the tasting room, appearing at wine and grape growing meetings, pouring wine at festivals, and submitting wines to competition. In April 2022, Pleasant Hill Winery celebrated its 25th Anniversary as the oldest modern-day winery in Washington County. […]

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Ode to the #1 White Grape in Texas, Blanc Du Bois and the Five Other Things I Learned at the Gulf Coast Winegrowers 2023 Watson Field Day 

February 13, 2023 admin 1

It was an all-day technical program followed by an afternoon tasting of some of the Texas Gulf Coast area’s wines.  […]

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Southeast Louisiana Parishes Visit Houston: Gumbo, Fiddling and Singing – Seemed to come from half the world away, but it’s actually just next door! Wine Pairing Advice, too…

January 23, 2023 admin 0

Southeast Louisiana, only a short drive away. It’s a cuisine-rich country that seems to come from half the world away, but it’s actually just next door! […]

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Hill Country Wineries Tasting Stop at Saint Tryphon: Delightfully crisp to chunky, gritty & serious

September 13, 2022 admin 0

The winery’s name is Saint Tryphon, the patron saint of grape growers and gardeners that lived in the 3rd century. […]

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Hill Country Wineries Tasting Stop: Lewis Wines 2021 Chenin Blanc, Expect the Unexpected… Can you say Botrytis?

August 3, 2022 admin 0

Through the centuries, Chenin Blanc proved its worth by its flexibility, being made in a range of styles from dry and minerally to rich, honeyed and sweet, and also a sparkling wine. […]

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Early Medals Showed Texas Winemaking Potential, Those in Recent Years Show Its Success

January 16, 2022 admin 0

It must have been jubilation for winery owner and winemaker Bobby Cox of Lubbock’s Pheasant Ridge Winery following the 1985 Lone Star State Wine Competition, the winners of which were announced at an awards dinner […]

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These Are a Few of my Favorite Texas Wines I Tasted, 2021 Edition – Part 2

December 19, 2021 admin 0

If you saw part one of my “These Are a Few of my Favorite Texas Wines…” blog, welcome back for more good tastes. Because these wines are in Part 2 of the series, it does […]

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Retrospective: The Day in 1868 When Texas Became a Wine Country

July 28, 2020 admin 0

From the Sunday Edition of the Galveston Daily News on October 25th of 1868, we can see that the “pure Mustang wine” of Mr. L.N. Halbert of Long Point in Washington County titillated the collective […]

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Dr. B Talks Texas Wine – Blanc Du Bois (The “National” White Grape of Texas)

August 10, 2019 admin 0

Dr. B Talks Texas Wine – Blanc Du Bois (The “National” White Grape of Texas) If you haven’t tried wines made from Texas Blanc Du Bois yet you are missing something… something very special. Based […]

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A Cowboy Walked into Los Pinos Vineyards Tasting Room – A Fredericksburg Tasting

June 17, 2019 admin 0

A Cowboy Walked into Los Pinos Vineyards Tasting Room – A Fredericksburg Tasting The way the story goes… A cowboy walked into the tasting room at Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards in Pittsburg, Texas, with a parrot […]

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Saint Tryphon Farm and Vineyards: Texas Wines on the Wild Side

July 27, 2018 admin 0

Saint Tryphon Farm and Vineyards: Texas Wines on the Wild Side It is no doubt that, no matter what wine region you are in, “natural wines” are the rage these days, Say the words “natural […]

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VintageTweets: Texas Native Somm Matt Pridgen Selects Native Wines for IronSomm Event

December 15, 2017 admin 0

VintageTweets: Texas Native Somm Matt Pridgen Selects Texas Wines for IronSomm Event “RT @edible_houston: Texas Native Matthew Pridgen of @UnderbellyHOU & @Onefifthhouston Picks Texas Wine for Iron Sommelier. #texas #txwine #wine https://t.co/nyYttkvWf7 https://t.co/PI4ueizPPb“ See story […]

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Two White Wines to Start out Texas Wine Month

October 3, 2016 admin 7

Two White Wines to Start out Texas Wine Month Why is October Texas Wine Month? Well, because it is! In many wine producing regions, the grape harvest takes place in September and October. In Texas, […]

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Loirefest: Houston’s David Keck at his Best

July 22, 2016 admin 11

Loirefest: Houston’s David Keck at his Best In the Houston wine community (those of you in wholesale and retail, the restaurant trade, and lets not forget the groupies of writers and consumers), we are blessed […]

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