In search of Texas Terrior, I plan to travel, taste and talk to alot of people. I will try to document the encounters with great people I meet and experiences in places where I plan to linger.
It’s Finally Time for a Taste of Texas, Twitter-Style Today is the day. The time to tweet is at 7:00 pm Central Time, when Ben Simon at Vinotology (http://www.vinotology.com) will be hosting an event on […]
A Meet-Up on the Texas Wine Trail and Visit to Vineyards in Alpine, Texas Over the past year, I have read many historical accounts from travelers on horseback or stagecoach moving through Texas. Some of […]
No Winery in Marfa. Nothing Here in Marfa But The Luz This morning I stopped by Luz de Estrella Winery in Marfa,Texas, after several weeks of unsuccessful emailing and calling. On arrival, another for sale […]
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning. Oh, What a Beautiful Place for Cabernet in Fort Davis, Texas Out in Fort Davis, Texas, on a path definitely less traveled, I’m a long way from Houston over 500 […]
Video: Welcome to Texas Wine Country: The Texas Hill Country Wine Trail Awaits You This week’s video episode features Katy Jane Bothum from Hill Country Wineries as she talks about the Texas Hill Country Wine […]
The New Texas Wine Lexicon: Better Start Asking if You Want Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Wines; They are Coming! This past week, I was visiting the Texas high plains, first on a bus tour of the […]
Brownfield, Texas: No Way! Been There and its Green with the Vines of Texas Wine Grapes We gathered in Brownfield, Texas, Yesterday. What you’ve never heard of it? Never seen it in the Atlas of […]
Ten Things I Learned About Wine, Food and People at the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit 1. Court of Master Sommeliers – Deductive Tasting Format. This was a technique that I learned at […]
Mind the Gap: Arabian Tales from the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Kick-Off Reception and Dinner The drive from Fredericksburg to Buffalo Gap (just south of Abilene, Texas) was shorter than expected made […]
Buffalo Gap: What a Place for a Gourmet Wine and Food Event – “Not the end of the Earth, but you can see it from there” Buffalo Gap dates from 1857. The current Buffalo Gap […]