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A “Chardonnay-Year” for the Texas Hill Country & Pilot Knob and Robert Clay Vineyards

June 6, 2015 admin 6

A “Chardonnay-Year” for the Texas Hill Country & Pilot Knob and Robert Clay Vineyards It was an early August day 2014, when I visited Dan McLaughlin’s Robert Clay Vineyard in Mason. I was directed by […]

TEXSOM Celebrates 11 Years as Nation’s Premier Sommelier Education Conference: Sessions and Registration

June 3, 2015 admin 5

TEXSOM Celebrates 11 Years as Nation’s Premier Sommelier Education Conference: Sessions and Registration Presently celebrating its eleventh year, TEXSOM, the most prominent and influential sommelier education conference in the world, announces that registration is now open […]

A Difference You Can Taste: Perissos Vineyards 2014 Viognier

May 19, 2015 admin 6

A Difference You Can Taste: Perissos Vineyards 2014 Viognier You might say that the Perissos Vineyard 2014 Viognier is a “whole bunch better”. OK, there was no 2013 Perissos Viognier due to the series of late […]

Texans Sure Do Like Their Bubbles: Domaine Carneros Provides

April 14, 2015 admin 2

Texans Sure Do Like Their Bubbles: Domaine Carneros Provides When Domaine Carneros winemaker Eileen Crane and I met for lunch last week for lunch at Houston’s RDG Bar Annie, nearly the first thing that came up […]

Raise a Toast to El Paso del Norte, Fray Garcia de San Francisco and our Modern Texas Wine Industry.

April 4, 2015 admin 5

Raise a Toast to El Paso del Norte, Fray Garcia de San Francisco and our Modern Texas Wine Industry. Sacramental wine in early El Paso del Norte apparently had its roots farther north up the […]

A Texas Food & Wine Extravaganza from Three Texas Authors: Texas by the Book

January 15, 2015 admin 17

A Texas Food & Wine Extravaganza from Three Texas Authors: Texas by the Book When: Friday, February 27, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Where: At Cabernet Grill – Texas Hill Country Restaurant in Fredericksburg, Texas (2805 South State Highway […]

Your Guide to the Texas Hill Country Wine Experience

December 5, 2014 admin 38

Your Guide to the Texas Hill Country Wine Experience The Texas Hill Country Wineries have roots as old as any around. Texas grapes grow in soils made from ancient calcareous sea deposits, similar to many […]

New Book from Doc Russ Texas WineSlinger on the Texas Hill Country Wineries

December 1, 2014 admin 13

New Book from Doc Russ Texas WineSlinger on the Texas Hill Country Wineries Upon reviewing my previous best-selling book, The WineSlinger Chronicles: Texas on the Vine, international wine luminary Oz Clarke rattled off the following […]

Need Some Muscrat Love? It’s at Kerrville Hills Winery

November 23, 2014 admin 8

Need Some Muscrat Love? It’s at Kerrville Hills Winery I like this Kerrville Hills Muscrat Love wine for several reasons. The first reason is because at the first public wine tasting that I think that […]

Tonight 7 pm – Join Us for International Tempranillo Day Twitter Tasting

November 13, 2014 admin 17

Tonight 7 pm – Join Us for International Tempranillo Day Twitter Tasting Well, wake up and get out of bed! It’s International Tempranillo Day! People around the world rejoice. Tempranillo (the national red grape of […]

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