Tickets are now on sale for the Christmas Wine Affair, the last of Texas Hill Country Wineries‘ passport events of the year. Savor all that Texas Wine Country has to offer this holiday season from November 29th through […]
What Allan and Margaret Fetty started with a backyard vegetable garden and evening glass of wine, in time became Westcave Cellars Winery. In 1999, they planted three acres of grapes that they sold to local […]
Texas’ only County Fair sanctioned non-commercial wine competition returns with the Austin County Fair on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Coordinated by the Gulf Coast Winegrowers Association, the annual Austin County Fair Wine Show will be held in the American Legion […]
Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association (TWGGA) invites you to participate in our 38th Annual Lone Star International Wine Competition (LSIWC). ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS All entries must be commercially available at the time of judging. Wines […]
Texas Hill Country was voted the #3 wine region in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest for Best Wine Region in North America. USA Today just announced the Top Ten winners in the category Best […]
Note: Changes were made near the end of this blog to correct statements about the number of flash détente units operating in Texas and to note when and where they were commissioned. What’s this thing […]
It is an understatement to say, at Ab Astris Winery, the food and wine pairing sessions are immersive experiences, both fun and educational. Furthermore, based on my recent visit, I can also say that they […]
In recent stories and blog posts on the Internet, you’ve probably seen reference to Texas hill country winemaker John Rivenburgh as the “Johnny Appleseed” of Tannat or the “Father of Texas Tannat”. In a recent, […]
Was this even possible? When did this happen, you say? Well, we have to harken back decades well before the 2006 agreement between the European Union and the United States that restricted the labeling of […]
As National Wine Day approaches on May 25th, I visited with Messina Hof owners Paul Mitchell and Karen Bonarrigo at Messina Hof’s new Harvest Green Winery and Kitchen. As I mentioned in my previous blog […]