A Blast from the Past…and Present: BarZ 2004 Newsom Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon I have to admit that I’ve never been to Monty Dixon’s BarZ Winery, but in recent meet-ups I’ve found him an amiable sort […]
Around the Twitterverse of Texas Wine Check out what is being said about Texas wines in the here-and-now around the Twitterverse: From JFTxWine: RT @JohnnyParanoia: Going to stop in at the Red Caboose winery today. […]
A Story of the Three Texas Viogniers As I selected this title, I had in my mind the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. You know, when Goldilocks got tired, she found one bed […]
Guest Blog: A Case for Making the Hamburger the Official Texas State Sandwich…Now What Wine? By Rick Vanderpool To the House Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Committee (Rep. Guillen is Chair; Rep. Elkins is Vice Chair): Good […]
Culinary Thymes April Recipes and McPherson Wine Pairings This month, I worked with Alyce Ester at Culinary Thyme to develop wine pairings for her April recipes. My pairings were three new vintage wines from McPherson […]
Edible Texas – Wine and Food Match: Let the Competition Begin! The preliminary round of the competition is complete and the five finalist have been selected. They are highlighted below along with the Texas wineries […]
Houston Rodeo Roundup and Best Bites Competition for 2011…Almost Yesterday evening, the 2011 Rodeo Uncorked! Roundup and Best Bites Competition, a Texas-sized food and wine extravaganza, was held at Reliant Center. This is a premiere event […]
A Story Behind A First-of-a-Kind Competition: The Edible Texas Wine and Food Pairing Competition …and Recent Announcements from Competition Headquarters I remember exchanging comments with Chef and cookbook author Terry Thompson-Anderson about the need to […]
FLASH: 7th Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit Features French Chef/Author Jacques Pépin and Grapes from the Rhone Valley Internationally recognized French chef, television personality, and author, Jacques Pépin, will make his first appearance, together with his […]
Rascal’s Palate Preview – Rascal’s Travels to Piemonte: Hail Cesare! Normally, you don’t expect much from a book given as a present. Most times, people that gift a book really don’t know what you like […]