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.
2008 Grape Camp Report: Day 2 – Advanced Grower Sessions The turnout of new growers on Day 1 was matched by the attendance at the Day 2 advanced growers sessions. The best news was that many […]
Texas Winery Passport A Texas winery is a destination – an escape to a world of taste, refinement and natural beauty. Together, Texas wineries form one of the world’s great wine countries. Texas is actually […]
“Proud to Drink Texas”… A Discussion with Mark Hyman, President and COO at Llano Estacado Winey Let’s rewind about twenty-plus years, back to 1986. This was the year that the 1984 Llano Estacado Chardonnay won […]
Five Things I Learned at the Wine Bloggers Conference By now, many other wine bloggers have given their comments on the Wine Bloggers Conference. There have been reviews on the top new wines, 3 to […]
Anemone’s Knees & the Yelp of the Kelp – A Wine from Texas On a stop after the Wine Bloggers Conference, we got some R&R in Half Moon Bay on the Pacific coast just south of […]
Off to the Wine Bloggers Conference in Sonoma We left yesterday for California and had the distinct pleasure to stay in Napa Valley at the home of our friends from Houston – Chuck and Lisa […]
LightCatcher Winery: A Touch a Wine Magic From the awards LightCatcher’s co-owner and winemaker, Caris Turpen, has garnered in her short winemaking career, one has to say that she is doing something right. Is it […]
Hark! Hark! The Rocks do Bark. The winemakers have come to town. This aberration of the old 16th century English poem my Mother taught me as a child was going through my mind as I […]
Texas Wineries Grow Up, Beat the Heat, Seek Their Own Styles Review by John Mariani Bloomberg.com — Before you start scratching your head over the idea that Texas even makes wine, consider these stats: Texas […]
Torre di Pietra – New World Texas From Sisterdale, I headed north to find Torre di Pietra (www.texashillcountrywine.com). Its name “Tower of Stone” in Italian conjures up visions of an old world Italian monastery perched […]