Welcome all Certified Specialists of Texas Wine (all 200 of you) and those that want to become certified. For all of you, Spring 2023 is going to bring special opportunities for instruction, education and advanced certification. […]
To those of you that missed my blog on a new grape grown in Texas, Teroldego, check it out for some background information (click here). I wrote that blog before actually coming in contact with […]
Sicily is immensely diverse with its microclimates and terroirs, mostly a mystery to many of us living in Texas. Each of these has their own extraordinary potential and biodiversity evident in the wines. Donnafugata shows […]
Fifth-generation Texas rancher, avid Texas historian, and co-founder of Fall Creek Vineyards Ed Auler wanted to make a special wine as a tribute to the brave souls who fought and gave their lives for the sake […]
As you are aware, the 2022 wine grape harvest in Texas is coming to a close mostly within the next month. Wineries are now busy processing fruit. Here are some salient and personal comments from […]
This is the original and best Texas wine course. It is taught by Dr. Russell Kane, award-winning author and longest tenured Texas wine writer. […]
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. […]
August 1 through November 1, 2022, the application period is open for the Texas Hill Country Wine Industry Scholarship Program, sponsored by Texas Hill Country Wineries (THCW), a nonprofit that preserves and promotes Texas wine. […]
Around these granitic domes, you find acidic sandy soils, versus the high pH limestone-infused soils elsewhere in Texas. This brings something different to the table in terms of wine growing. […]
In Texas, Mourvèdre is a rapidly rising star with plantings in both the centrally located Texas Hill Country AVA and in the more northern Texas High Plains. […]