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.
What Wine Goes with the Fourth of July? On Saturday morning while watching our Fourth of July parade in Fredericksburg, Texas, I was wondering what wine would be appropriate for our national birthday party. In […]
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 […]
Iron Drink….Beer vs. Wine in Glass-to-Glass Combat! Guest Blogger, Jane A. Nickles It’s Tuesday night and I’m in the kitchen of Ventana Restaurant at the Texas Culinary Academy. Forty people have assembled for the first […]
“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 […]
Video: Texas Port-Style and Dessert Wines – The Perfect Ending but Possibly Much More In the sixth and final Texas wine webcast, Merrill Bonarrigo of the Messina Hof Winery in Bryan, Texas, discusses Port, […]
From Nuances in Arboreal Green to the Nuances of Wine My trip was from Houston to the Dallas – Fort Worth area and my destination was more specifically Grapevine where I will be sitting with others […]
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 […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – May 28, 2009 The Wine Society of Texas (www.winesocietyoftexas.org) Announces Scholarship Grant Program Awards totaling $4,000 for assistance in education and promotion of the Texas Wine Industry. […]
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 […]