Events
Texas Wine Month Passports are now on sale! Enjoy the Hill Country Wine Trail October 1 thru 31
Join us in celebrating with the Texas Wine Month Passport event from October 1 – 31 in the picturesque Texas Hill Country. […]
Texas Hill Country Wineries
Blanc Du Bois
Hill Country Wineries Tasting Stop: Lewis Wines 2021 Chenin Blanc, Expect the Unexpected… Can you say Botrytis?
Through the centuries, Chenin Blanc proved its worth by its flexibility, being made in a range of styles from dry and minerally to rich, honeyed and sweet, and also a sparkling wine. […]
grape growing
Texas Hill Country Wine Industry 2022 Scholarship Application Period Now Open
August 1 through November 1, 2022, the application period is open for the Texas Hill Country Wine Industry Scholarship Program, sponsored by Texas Hill Country Wineries (THCW), a nonprofit that preserves and promotes Texas wine. […]
Chardonnay
The Hickory Sands is more than just a sandy outcrop in Texas: It brings a whole other kind of Texas winemaking: Robert Clay Vineyards Chardonnay
Around these granitic domes, you find acidic sandy soils, versus the high pH limestone-infused soils elsewhere in Texas. This brings something different to the table in terms of wine growing. […]
Cyclopedia of Wine
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: Do you know Graciano like I know Graciano?
Graciano brings with it a smoky perfume of fine sweet Cavendish pipe tobacco. […]
Picpoul Blanc
Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: It’s time to cool off with whites from Bending Branch and Duchman
Cool yourself down, sip one or both of these cool white wines and enjoy! […]
Food and Wine
Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop #2: Spicewood Vineyards Grenache Rosé
The virtuosity of Texas Rosé wines is incredible […]
Dolcetto
Texas Hill Country Tasting Stop #6: Bingham Family Vineyards… Texas Farmer Discovers Terroir in High Plains Dirt, You Can Too!
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, […]
Food and Wine
Texas Tasting Stop – Messina Hof Winery, 2019 Sagrantino Reserva, Texas High Plains
Like jammy fruit? Like tannins, comfortable yet dry and crisp? Like acidity that helps meld wine and food? Well, on this tasting stop, your wishes are fulfilled with Messina Hof Winery’s 2019 Sagrantino Reserva, Texas […]
Barrel tasting
Slate Theory Winery: A Photo-Visit and a Rorschach Test for the Palate
Wine is a cerebral experience – like a Rorschach test on the palate. […]