The Texas Borderland – Vineyards of Days Gone By and Today As I left the Highway I really did not know what to expect. I had read about the good Padres that over three hundred […]
Europe Acknowledges Texan and his Contributions to the World-Wide Wine Industry Texas Historian Wins the International Gourmand Award’s Best Wine History Book for his Biography of “Grape Man” T.V. Munson In Frankfurt, Germany, on October […]
Writer Russ Kane of VintageTexas under Contract with Texas Tech University Press Contributions and experiences sought that highlight the Texas new wine country scene and its history NEWS RELEASE: December 18, 2009 – Writer, blogger and […]
Venturing into the Bluebonnet Wine Country and the History of Southeast Texas Saturday morning was crisp and the roads clear following Friday’s record breaking early snowfall in the Houston area. The overpasses that brought mortal […]
Barolo & Barbaresco: Where the Nebbia and Nebbiolo Hang — — — — — New: See Rascal’s Travels: Hail Cesare in Piemonte at: http://rascalspalate.com/?p=21 — — — — — Heading east from Villefranche-Sur-Mer on the French […]
Increase Your Wine Knowledge: A Ten Step Program I recently saw an article that addressed this issue, but for beer. It was on the website www.accidentalhedonist.com. I decided to compose the following list with the necessary […]
Write-Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – August 1, 2009 TEXSOM & DrinkLocalWine: Excellent wine two-fer in Dallas in mid-August By Kim Pierce Mid-August is an excellent time to polish your wine creds with two […]
Lineage of the Blanc du Bois Grape Following my previous blog on harvesting the Blanc du Bois at Union Chappel Vineyards in Fulshear, Texas, “Ronebofh” on the LiveJournal wine community (http://community.livejournal.com/wine) requested some additional information on […]
Why Celebrate Texas Independence with a Glass of French Champagne? Texas history is rife with tales and legends. At times, it is hard to know the difference between historical fact and its embellishments. One such […]