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Tastes of Badia a Coltibuono: Wines that Entwine The Past and Future of Chianti Classico

October 27, 2014 admin 8

Tastes of Badia a Coltibuono: Wines that Entwine The Past and Future of Chianti Classico I recently tasted a selection of wines of Badia a Coltibuono and met its general manager and winemaker Roberto Stucchi-Prinetti, […]

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo First Wine Country Tour Visits the Texas Hill Country

October 25, 2014 admin 5

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s First Wine Country Tour Visits the Texas Hill Country By now, most of you know October is Texas Wine Month. Well, it could have been no better time than this […]

Winners at the 2014 Austin County Wine Show

October 20, 2014 admin 2

Winners at the 2014 Austin County Wine Show I once spoke with Texas high plains winegrower Neal Newsom about the differences in growing grapes for wine and growing other crops like hay and cotton. He […]

VintageTexas: It’s Good to Know We’ve Made a Difference

October 15, 2014 admin 17

VintageTexas: It’s Good to Know We’ve Made a Difference I was perusing my recent issue of Food & Wine Magazine (November 2014), when I spotted F&W Executive Wine Editor Ray Isle’s article titled “The Great […]

Fall Creek Vineyards: A Wonderful New Venture in Driftwood, Texas

October 13, 2014 admin 22

Fall Creek Vineyards: A Wonderful New Venture in Driftwood, Texas The biggest news that I’ve heard is some time started with an email out of the blue from Susan Auler that said, “Just wanted to […]

Dotson~Cervantes Something Red: And, Definitely Worth the Wait

October 1, 2014 admin 5

Dotson~Cervantes Something Red: And, Definitely Worth the Wait We met in Mason on a Saturday in September not really knowing much more than what Alphonse Dotson told me over the phone earlier in the week. […]

Brennan Vineyards: It’s OK to Taste in the Library!

September 4, 2014 admin 6

Last Saturday, I made the run up to Comanche from Fredericksburg to participate in Brennan Vineyards premier Library Tasting. In the middle of the Labor Day weekend, the traffic was light, the air humid and […]

Texsom 2014: Ten Years Old and Thanks to These Guys

August 9, 2014 admin 8

Texsom 2014: Ten Years Old and Thanks to These Guys We all have these guys (Drew Hendricks and Jame Tidwell) to thank them for creating what is today…TEXSOM! It started small and grew from it’s […]

A Texas Winemaker with a New Mission and Wine: Brock Estes, DANK, Johnny Rojo, a starter wine without training wheels!

August 7, 2014 admin 4

A Texas Winemaker with a New Mission and Wine: Brock Estes, DANK, Johnny Rojo, a starter wine without training wheels! If you don’t know Brock Estes, it might be hard for you to make a […]

My Cup O’ Texas Chardonnay from Robert Clay Vineyards

August 5, 2014 admin 6

My Cup O’ Texas Chardonnay from Robert Clay Vineyards It was in the dead of winter when I met Dan McLaughlin for the first time at Sandstone Cellars in Mason, Texas. I had seen a […]

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