Never fear Cotes de Bordeaux are here! Geez, it’s hot outside, but inside Chef Pedro Angel Garcia‘s El Mason Restaurant, coolness and pleasure prevailed as we enjoyed bites of unique Spanish/Latin American preparations along with […]
A couple weeks ago, I was driving through Comfort, Texas, and to my left I saw an old friend. It was a friend that I first met in 2008 at the Newsom family’s Rock’n-N B&B […]
Last Tuesday evening Texas Fine Wine, a consortium of four Texas fine wineries, provided a Zoom “Talk and Taste” session organized by Denise Clarke that featured wines from: Pedernales Cellars Duchman Family Winery Spicewood Vineyards […]
Still to this day, the RUMOR PERSISTS that Texas wineries are not making “REAL TEXAS” wines, choosing instead to simply relabel wines or use grapes from west coast winegrowing regions. There is a SECOND RUMOR […]
WHAT? Save the date for the 2024 Pair It With Claret Chili Cook-Off at Spicewood Vineyards! This year marks the 16th installment of the world-famous chili cook-off, happening Saturday,February 24, 2024, from 1:00pm-5:00pm. Each ticket […]
For starters, Hawk’s Shadow Winery is located near Dripping Springs in the Texas Hill Country, and yet is just 30 miles from downtown Austin. This is where owners Doug Reed, Tom Reed, and Chip Conklin […]
You may have heard of the play Waiting for Godot. It was written by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. In this play, Beckett features two characters engage in seemingly unending hours in discussions and encounters while […]
With all the guff people have given “Best of” lists of Texas wines, I’d like to preface this blog by saying something pretty darn obvious. “Please realize that I have not tasted all possible Texas […]
On your next Texas Hill Country road trip, there’s a “tasting stop” you need to make. It’s located on north side of Route 290 at the midpoint between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, Texas, a 20-minute […]
If you’ve been anywhere around Texas wines for the past 15 years or so, either at the winery or in just about any major supermarket you’ve seen Becker Vineyards “Claret – Le Trois Dames”. For many years, this was my “gateway” Texas wine for people that ask me for a suggestion and wanted something they could easily find locally. […]