Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom Last weekend I attended the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference (www.drinklocalwine.com) and Twitter Taste-Off (https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1083) and the Texas Sommelier Conference (www.texsom.com) in Dallas Texas. As my […]
Let the Tasting Begin at the Drink Local Wine Conference and Twitter Taste Off (#DLW09) Well, this first of its kind event made the Wall Street Journal. Today was the kick-off of the Drink Local Wine […]
Time to Saddle Up for the 2009 Harvest Wine Trail Win Tickets on This Year’s Hill Country Harvest Trail Two Weekends Aug 14-16 & 21-23 , 2009 The verve of the wine industry in The […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: July 23, 2009 [to comment click icon in upper right] Texas Wine Industry Continues to Grow – Not Just Another Harvest Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, Todd Staples, […]
Grape Harvest Days are Here Again….in Texas! It’s July, it’s Texas and again it is time to start the grape harvest. Can it be? Compared to Texas, in most wine producing regions things happen […]
A Comparative Tasting: Premium White Blends – Viviana, Alluvium Blanc and Conundrum Viviana – A wine alive and well with Texas heat… The hot days of Texas summer are upon us. What better thing to […]
“Texas Winegrowers” after Ten Years: Are we having fun yet! Guest Blog by Les Constable Texas Winegrowers List Owner Owner/Winemaker, Brushy Creek Vineyards www.brushycreekvineyards.com What were you doing ten years ago? How many wineries were […]
Reflections on Drinking Local Wines If you think, we in Texas are alone in the battle to gain visibility and respectability for our local wines, check out these sites across America that highlight […]
Video: Black Spanish – The Mysterious Red Wine of Texas This video features a tasting of Black Spanish red wine with Franklin Howser owner of Dry Comal Creek Vineyards. Several months ago, I blogged about […]
Video: Tempranillo – The Wine of the Sun and the Good Texas Earth This next installment of the Texas wine video series features Jim Johnson, owner and winemaker at Alamosa Cellars in Bend, Texas on […]