Denise says, “‘It’s a cruel, cruel summer.’ The song got it right this year with the sweltering summer heat doing a number on the vineyards. Thankfully, a cooler-than-normal and wet spring got things off to a great start for our vineyards across the state. […]
The end of summer is near, but the sun is still warm, and the grapes nearly ripened. That can only mean one thing: it’s again time for Messina Hof Winery Harvest Festival. Actually, it’s already begun, but […]
Know Texas Wines – Taste and Learn About Our State’s Rapidly Advancing Wines Texas wines are garnering worldwide acclaim from Double Gold medals in the prestigious San Francisco International Wine Competition, and acclaim in international […]
Texas Fine Wine Predicts 2016 Harvest to be a Yield & Quality Barnburner With 2016 grape harvest right around the corner in some parts of the Texas Hill Country, the wineries of Texas Fine Wine are […]
Winemaking Harvest Internship Opportunity: Looking for Texans Interested in California Experience Forwarded from Randy Hester, zrandyhester@gmail.com I am coming up on my 10th harvest in Napa Valley but my first position was a cellar internship in […]
A “Chardonnay-Year” for the Texas Hill Country & Pilot Knob and Robert Clay Vineyards It was an early August day 2014, when I visited Dan McLaughlin’s Robert Clay Vineyard in Mason. I was directed by […]
A Difference You Can Taste: Perissos Vineyards 2014 Viognier You might say that the Perissos Vineyard 2014 Viognier is a “whole bunch better”. OK, there was no 2013 Perissos Viognier due to the series of late […]
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Messina Hof Winery Harvesting: “More fun than I thought it would be!” I was recently part of a limo-driven labor force on route from Houston to Bryan, Texas, to participate in this year’s harvesting of […]