As long as it’s 76 F inside, I can pretend that it is late October with the low-humidity wind coming nicely out of the north. But, now… what wine? After a search of my wine cooler, I found it… C.L. Butaud 2021 Cease & Desist. […]
All of these wines that Kim thinks are “just right” for Texas had origin stories in the warmer climes of southern Europe, the border of the Mediterranean Sea, or on the Spanish Iberian Peninsula. The reds included Carignan, Grenache, Tempranillo, Sangiovese, and Mourvèdre, and the whites consisted of Albariño Marsanne, Roussanne, Picpoul, and Viognier, followed by several Rosés, one notably from Mourvedre. It was a feast for my palate. […]
He strives to lift the Texas wine industry from the bottom up, from dirt to bottle, by partnering with Texas grape growers to produce world class wines as are the two wines before me in bottle clad only in their stealthy and unrevealing black labels. […]
Just in time for spring, Messina Hof Winery’s Vintage House welcomes guests to try its revamped menu, that continues the tradition of its renowned Vineyard Cuisine™. […]
Blanc de noir is a white wine made from a red grape, a technique you see all the time with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in Champagne, where base wines are blended in the creation of a single wine. It is more unusual when a winemaker decides to make a blanc de noir as a still wine. […]
In Texas, Mourvèdre is a rapidly rising star with plantings in both the centrally located Texas Hill Country AVA and in the more northern Texas High Plains. […]
I recall in 2013, while writing for the Lubbock Avalanch-Journal, I first interviewed Cliff Bingham co-owner of Bingham Family Vineyards about when and how his family’s Texas High Plains winegrowing exploits got started in Meadow, […]
The next Specialist of Texas Wine class from Doc Russ – Texas Wineslinger, and the Texas Wine School in Houston, Texas, on April 27, May 4, May 11 (with the exam on May 12) gives […]
Jennifer Beckmann has been around the Texas Hill Country for some time gaining experience and insights with every new opportunity she’s been presented. But, there is one thought that has been on her mind for […]
New Tasting Room at William Chris Vineyards: You’ll Love this Place Photographs by James Skogsberg After visiting the new tasting room ad welcome center at William Chris Vineyards, I found it almost overwhelming. It is […]