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Texas Wines Vs. The World

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Texas Wines Vs. The World

Results of and international wine competition including a blind tasting and scoring of Texas wines and wines from California, France, New Zealand, and more. The results determined the Top Ten scoring Texas wines.

Blanc de Noir

Randy Hester Does it Again: Blanc de Noir, West Texas… an Especially Fine Wine

February 14, 2023 admin 0

Blanc de noir is a white wine made from a red grape, a technique you see all the time with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in Champagne, where base wines are blended in the creation of a single wine. It is more unusual when a winemaker decides to make a blanc de noir as a still wine. […]

grape growing

Last Call for Fall 2022 Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Class: Learn Texas Wine from the Man Who Wrote the Book on It!

August 18, 2022 admin 0

This is the original and best Texas wine course. It is taught by Dr. Russell Kane, award-winning author and longest tenured Texas wine writer. […]

Aglianico

Hill Country Tasting Tour Stop #2 – Hye Meadow Winery… Boooom!

April 21, 2022 admin 1

If you haven’t heard of or had the opportunity to taste Hye Meadow Winery’s 2017 Red Blend Boooom (Yep… with four ”o”s), there is no better reason to make a stop at the winery near […]

Blanc Du Bois

Early Medals Showed Texas Winemaking Potential, Those in Recent Years Show Its Success

January 16, 2022 admin 0

It must have been jubilation for winery owner and winemaker Bobby Cox of Lubbock’s Pheasant Ridge Winery following the 1985 Lone Star State Wine Competition, the winners of which were announced at an awards dinner […]

Food and Wine

Texas Heritage Vineyard, Souzao: It’s the Iberian Atlantic Coast in a Bottle

May 11, 2021 admin 0

If you haven’t experienced the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in Portugal or Spain or their wines, the red grape variety Souzao may be new to you. If you have an affliction for French […]

#TweetThoughts

#TXWine Twitter Tuesday Rosé – 4/7/20 7-8 pm CT Supporting Texas Wineries  / Restaurants

April 2, 2020 admin 1

Original photo credit: txwinelover.com #TXWine Twitter Tuesday Rosé – 4/7/20 7-8 pm CT Supporting Texas Wineries  / Restaurants Howdy Texas wine friends, again! We’re still Tweeting in support of Texas wineries and, now restaurants, too. […]

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Local wine

Texas Fine Wine Celebrates Award-Winning Wines

December 15, 2019 admin 0

Texas Fine Wine Celebrates Award-Winning Wines Wineries bring home top honors at prestigious international competitions; Bending Branch Winery wins first-ever honor recognizing sustainable practices in both Texas grape growing and winemaking Bending Branch Winery, Brennan […]

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Barrel tasting

Stop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines

August 7, 2019 admin 0

Stop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines Unfortunately, I missed the 2019 Ron Yates Barrel Experience where participants sampled Ron Yates 2018 Merlot made from grapes harvested in John Freisen’s Vineyard in Loop, Texas. […]

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grape growing

Becker Vineyards Double Gold Collection 2018

November 30, 2018 admin 0

Becker Vineyards Double Gold Collection 2018 Earlier this year in my Texas Wine Month story that appeared in Dale Robertson’s column in the Houston Chronicle (Great Texas wines to try for Texas Wine Month – […]

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Events

Get Certified as a Texas Wine Specialist: Sept. 24-25, 2018 at Kiepersol Winery’s “Salt Kitchen”

August 7, 2018 admin 0

Get Certified as a Texas Wine Specialist: Sept. 24-25, 2018 at Kiepersol Winery’s “Salt Kitchen” Dr. Russ Kane, aka Doc Russ, Texas Wineslinger – the man that wrote the book on Texas wine – will […]

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