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Texas Watermelon Thump, Cheese Clump, Chef Smash & Damn Good Wine at William Chris Vineyard

June 25, 2012 admin 2

Texas Watermelon Thump, Cheese Clump, Chef Smash & Damn Good Wine at William Chris Vineyard Last Saturday evening I felt like High Society (or I should say, Hye Society) when I showed up at William […]

Pappas Bros., Drew Hendricks MS and McPherson Cellars Bingham Family Vineyards Roussanne Featured in Wine Spectator

June 22, 2012 admin 0

Pappas Bros., Drew Hendricks MS and McPherson Cellars Bingham Family Vineyards Roussanne Featured in Wine Spectator Imagine my surprise when I opened my July 31, 2012 edition of my Wine Spectator expecting to see […]

Haak Texas Madeira Tasting & Dinner: An Evening with the Maestro of Madeira

June 16, 2012 admin 3

Haak Texas Madeira Tasting & Dinner: An Evening with the Maestro of Madeira Think Madeira is just for old people, or worse, just for cooking? Well, those that attended the Haak Winery Madeira Tasting and […]

A Brownfield Meet Up: A New Venture (Texas Custom Wine Works) Starts To Ferment

June 15, 2012 admin 4

A Brownfield Meet Up: A New Venture (Texas Custom Wine Works) Starts To Ferment It all started one Friday morning this past May: a meet-up in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Brownfield, Texas, with Dusty […]

Grand Local Tastes in Dallas’s Deep Ellum: Calais Winery

June 3, 2012 admin 1

Grand Local Tastes in Dallas’s Deep Ellum: Calais Winery The visit yesterday to Calais Winery, the small-batch, local winery in Dallas’s Deep Ellum district, was to sign books (The Wineslinger Chronicles), but the stars of […]

Hilmy Cellars: New Kids on the Block. Clever Guy and Seriously Good Wines

May 31, 2012 admin 6

Hilmy Cellars: New Kids on the Block. Clever Guy and Seriously Good Wines Several months ago now, I received an invitation from Erik Hilmy to do one of my first book signing event at his […]

Texsom 2012 “Be There or Be Square”: August 11-13, 2012

May 29, 2012 admin 1

Texsom 2012 “Be There or Be Square”: August 11-13, 2012 You may remember the line “Be there, or be square” from The Wiz, the modern-day version of the Wizard of Oz. Well, this line could […]

Tasting Among Old Friends: 4.0 Cellars and a New Texas Wine Experience

May 12, 2012 admin 0

Tasting Among Old Friends: 4.0 Cellars and a New Texas Wine Experience As I left my Texas Hill Country cottage, there was a recently unfamiliar sight: patches of sky reflected up from puddles on the […]

A Perfect Pairing: Sullivan’s Steakhouse Frog’s Leap Vintner Dinner

May 6, 2012 admin 1

A Perfect Pairing: Sullivan’s Steakhouse Frog’s Leap Vintner Dinner It’s been a lot of windshield time recently for Doc Russ, Texas Wineslinger. But, it’s been well worth it. Great people, places and happenings abounded. My Wineslinger […]

TXwine Twitter Tuesday Features the Wines of 4.0 Cellars, May 8, 2012!

April 24, 2012 admin 1

TXwine Twitter Tuesday Features the Wines of 4.0 Cellars, May 8, 2012! Denise Clarke (@DeniseFraser), Jeff Cope (@TXwineLover) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at 7 p.m. […]