Culinary Thymes April Recipes and McPherson Wine Pairings This month, I worked with Alyce Ester at Culinary Thyme to develop wine pairings for her April recipes. My pairings were three new vintage wines from McPherson […]
A Texas Wineslinger, Book Project, a Macbook, Buffalo Gap, Gut Bugs, Music Appreciation and Wine It’s been a interesting week; at least today I can say that in retrospect. Finally after a one year writing […]
Edible Texas – Wine and Food Match: Let the Competition Begin! The preliminary round of the competition is complete and the five finalist have been selected. They are highlighted below along with the Texas wineries […]
Five Things I learned from the Twitterverse at DrinkLocalWine.com Conference … or why I think Mike Wangbickler gave me the finger! LocalWineEvents.com 2011 Missouri Twitter Taste-off (Emcees: Russ Kane, VintageTexas, and Eric V. Orange, LocalWineEvents.com) […]
They’re Coming to Houston! Texas Hill Country Wineries Road Show Public Tasting/Dinner and Trade Events April 26-27, 2011 The Safari Texas Ranch, Richmond, Texas, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm (Public Tasting) We […]
An Open Letter to Texas Legislators: Don’t Leave Texas Wine Behind. Now is the Hour! Dear Chairman Mike Hamilton, Vice Chairman Chente, Quintanilla, Rep. Joe Driver, Rep. Charlie Geren, Rep. Roland Gutierrez, Rep. Patricia Harless, […]
Buffalo Gap W&F Summit: Texas’s Red Dirt & Mesquite Smoke Terroir I left Fredericksburg, Texas, early today as the yellow dawn light filtered through a gray haze cast from west Texas wildfires. I thought, God […]
Texas Hill Country Wineries: Toast to Houston, Texas Houston…here we come!!! Next stop…Houston, Texas! 16 Texas Hill Country Wineries will embark upon The Space City for two days, Tuesday and Thursday, April 26 and 27, […]
Glad Other States are NOT following Texas’s Lead: Pennsylvania Names State Enologist Denise Gardner to replace Stephen Menke in May by Hudson Cattell Denise M. GardnerUniversity Park, Penn.—While educational institutions in Texas and Oregon struggle […]
Sniffing and Swirling: It’s the 1st Premium Açaí Wine I’ve had more than a few trips to Brazil. So many, that I sometimes default to the local spelling of Brasil. I’ve savored the scent of […]