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The Friends of the Texas Historical Commission Features Live Online Presentation by Dr. Russ Kane, “From Missionaries to Visionaries: The Historical Story of Texas Wines”

May 10, 2024 admin 0

As part of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission’s 25th Anniversary celebration in 2021, a series of virtual events where launched aimed at bringing interesting history programming to your home. This series of free […]

Bordeaux

Texas Hill Country Wineries Tasting Stop: Driftwood Estate Winery… 100% Texas, 100% Gold Medal Winners, 100% Best View

April 1, 2024 admin 0

Still to this day, the RUMOR PERSISTS that Texas wineries are not making “REAL TEXAS” wines, choosing instead to simply relabel wines or use grapes from west coast winegrowing regions. There is a SECOND RUMOR […]

grape growing

Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: Duchman Vermentino… It’s Back and Better than Ever!

March 20, 2024 admin 0

About a decade ago, Duchman Family Winery and its winemaker Dave Reilly made quite a statement with a wine that was made from a nearly unknown grape to most Texans – Vermentino. It was grown […]

Dolcetto

Texas Hill Country Wineries Tasting Stop: Double Gold Medal Winning Wines at Carter Creek Winery, Resort and Spa

March 9, 2024 admin 0

Looking for a wine tasting, a glass of wine, a good craft beer, or a wine club membership? Or, perhaps you are searching for resort villa accommodations, a spa treatment, fine dinning, a wedding venue, […]

Great Places & People

Texas Fine Wine’s New Commemorative Video for their 10th Anniversary

March 4, 2024 admin 0

New winery videos and walkthrough tours express dedication to making world-class wines Texas Fine Wine, a first-of-its-kind marketing group of four Texas wineries that organized in 2014 to promote their wines and wineries collectively, is […]

Food and Wine

Texas Hill Country Wineries Tasting Stop: Wedding Oak Winery’s SFO Chronicle Top Award Winners

February 15, 2024 admin 0

On this tasting stop at Wedding Oak Winery, we’ve got some good (and even Gold Medal) tasting to do today! Mike and Lynn McHenry, the passionate owners of the Wedding Oak Winery purchased 112 acres […]

Bordeaux

Texas Hill Country Tasting Stop: No Longer Waiting for Verdot… It’s luscious slow ripening splendor has been found in Texas and Heath Family Brands!

January 7, 2024 admin 0

You may have heard of the play Waiting for Godot. It was written by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett.  In this play, Beckett features two characters engage in seemingly unending hours in discussions and encounters while […]

grape growing

Spring 2024 is a Good Time to Dig Deeper into Texas Wine: Three Live Tasting/Certification Classes by Dr. Russ Kane, “The Man Who Wrote the Book on Texas Wine”

January 1, 2024 admin 0

It’s 2024 and the 2023 holiday season is now in our rear view mirror. Maybe you found wine-appropriate gifts for all of your wine-living friends, family and associates, and yourself, or maybe you haven’t. Well, […]

Best Wines of the Year

Texas Reflections: The Best Texas Wines I Tasted in 2023

December 30, 2023 admin 0

With all the guff people have given “Best of” lists of Texas wines, I’d like to preface this blog by saying something pretty darn obvious. “Please realize that I have not tasted all possible Texas […]

Cabernet Franc

Texas Hill Country Wineries Tasting Stop: Hilmy Cellars Welcomes You to a Special Place with Special Wines

December 1, 2023 admin 0

On your next Texas Hill Country road trip, there’s a “tasting stop” you need to make. It’s located on north side of Route 290 at the midpoint between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, Texas, a 20-minute […]

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