Two Winemakers, One Texas Winery and Two Texas Wines: Torre di Pietra Blanc Du Bois & Black Spanish I recently stopped by Torre di Pietra Winery (www.texashillcountrywine.com) in Fredericksburg, Texas and had two wines presented […]
Don’t Believe Everything you Read about Grape Growing in Texas “Emigrants to Texas, will not have to encounter years of arduous labor in subduing heavy and obstinate forests; but they will be able in almost […]
Texas Gulf Coast Wine Country – Old Place, New Opportunity It was cold and damp this morning, but after yesterday’s even wetter and colder tour of Jerry Watson’s vineyard in Cat Springs, the warmth […]
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 […]