Can IA Write a Texas Wine Blog? Well, here goes. If anyone feels infringed upon or plagiarized, I give you my sincere apologize. All I ask is that you leave a message in the comment box for this particular blog. […]
Out of the bottle and in the glass, this Sangiovese quickly shows its color and medium-plus density, and then releases its red cherry, dusty earth, green herbs and toasted oak aromas. It’s complex and I have even tasted it yet. On the palate it is crisp and lively, with clean acidity and flavors of dried red cherry, cola and a sauté of wild mushrooms. […]
To paraphrase what they say on Sesame Street, “Why was one of these wines not like the others? Could it be the Flash Détente? Viva “La Différence”! […]
Until earlier this year, Grüner Veltliner was not in my Texas wine lexicon. But, there it was. My first thought was how could this be so?After all, Austria is a cool winegrowing region, right? Texas is actually the opposite, being described politely as a “warm” winegrowing region, and less than politely as just “damn hot”. […]
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. […]
Dry Comal Creek’s winery and estate vineyard are picture perfect, an example of what a boutique winery should be, set in relaxed and bucolic surroundings. […]
I made an interesting comparison between what I called our Texas red sandy loam over porous caliche limestone and the coveted red sandy loam and limestone found in the Australian Coonawarra wine region that they called “Terra Rossa”. Literally the next day from half the world away, I received a comment to my blog coming back at me from seasoned wine critic Philip White who has written for Australia’s major newspapers and many magazines worldwide. White said that I had a bad case of “Coonawarra Envy” […]
Now, think of a Rosé of Nebbiolo and you will experience the rarest of the rare Nebbiolo grape hardly ever seen anywhere in the world, all the while grown and made into wine right here in Texas. […]
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. […]
In case you haven’t been keeping track of the fast-paced wine region called The Texas Hill Country AVA, you can easily miss what’s going on and where things are; this particularly includes winery tasting rooms. […]