Congrats to a Colorado Winemaker; A Tip of the Hat to a Colorado Restaurateur Last week I had the occasion to travel up to and out west of Denver. With the summer of 2009 nearly […]
Wines of Barking Rocks Winery: Hard Scrabble Country, Full-Bodied Wine Safe and secure from this year’s searing summer heat, I was able to relax with my pen and paper in hand and open three bottles […]
2009 5th Annual Texas FallFest and Wine Auction “Sunset Stroll” with Texas Winemakers – Friday, October 2nd Pouring cellar selections as Hill Country Chefs serve stellar fare for our guests’ pleasure at the enchanting Lakeside […]
Barbaresco and Barolo, But Don’t Forget Dolcetto, Barbera and the Whites — — — — — New: See Rascal’s Travels: Hail Cesare in Piemonte at: http://rascalspalate.com/?p=21 — — — — — I could not remember […]
Great Grape Stomp Off in New Braunfels, Texas (and Win Free Tickets) Hosted by the Texas Hill Country Wineries and Vintage Oaks at the Vineyard, this annual event allows couples to test their foot stomping […]
Looking at the World through a Glass of Rosé Looking around this place, it has characteristics like many places on the Texas Gulf Coast: Wind-blown palm trees, blooming bougainvillea, and cadres of dogs on leash […]
Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom Last weekend I attended the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference (www.drinklocalwine.com) and Twitter Taste-Off (https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1083) and the Texas Sommelier Conference (www.texsom.com) in Dallas Texas. As my […]
Texas Twitter Taste-Off: Taste, Tweet, Repeat – 200,000 times! And More Winners (Silver Award Wines) I can’t take credit for the line “Taste, Tweet, Repeat”, but those were the instructions I gave to the assembled […]
GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Texas Twitter Taste-Off Winners The byline for the blog today is “Syrah between my keys”…. The first GO TEXAN (www.GoTexanwine.org) Twitter Taste-Off organized and moderated for (www.DrinkLocalWine.com) by VintageTexas was held Saturday […]
Let the Tasting Begin at the Drink Local Wine Conference and Twitter Taste Off (#DLW09) Well, this first of its kind event made the Wall Street Journal. Today was the kick-off of the Drink Local Wine […]