A Cellar Surprise: 1999 Pheasant Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Frankly, I though tonight would be a quiet uneventful evening. I decided to open my wine cooler and peruse its nether regions. To my surprise, […]
Dry Desert and Good Texas Wine Meet at Monte Sec Vineyard A pale orange sunset backlit the darkening city with a ribbon of city lights dotting a path between the mountains to what the Spanish […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: January 31, 2010 Texas 2009 Vintage Report from Wines and Vines by Ed Hellman, Viticulture extension specialist with contributions by regional viticulture advisors: Penny Adams, Fran Pontasch, […]
So You Want to Grow Wine Grapes in Texas – How to Get Started Following my blog post earlier this week on the new grant program from the Texas Department of Agriculture (https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1376), I received […]
$250,000 in Grants to Expand the Texas Wine Industry: March 2, 2010 Deadline Funds will help support state’s booming wine sector Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples today announced the Texas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications […]
The Aromas of Terroir: A Wintery Day in Texas Wine Country I don’t know if you have had the same experience as I’ve had. That is, a visit to wine country in the winter […]
Does Governor Perry have aTexas Wine Favorite? From the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post…. After Governor Rick Perry participated in the grand opening ceremonies at the National Museum of the Pacific War open on Monday, December […]
Perhaps in Ten Years and with the Grace of God: Trapiche Tasting As you know if you read this blog, I spend a lot of time sampling, thinking and writing about Texas wine drinking, but […]
Texas Vineyard Scenes – Splendor in the Vines Texas Hill Country AVA View, Central Texas: The Vineyard at Florence (www.thevineyardatflorence.com) “The southwest wine traveler reaps the benefits, not just of the natural beauty of the […]
A Bit of the Loire Valley [Finally] Comes to Texas A Tasting of Becker Vineyards 2008 Fleur Sauvage Bogar Vineyard For years I have heard people in Texas talk of the Chenin Blanc grape as […]