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.
Know Your Terroir – Part II Can you Name the Ten Most Famous Wine Regions from their Terroir? Part II of this two part blog, focuses on the first five famous terroirs of the modern […]
Know Your Terroir – Part I Can you Name the Ten Most Famous Wine Regions from their Terroir? Part I of this two part blog, focuses on the first five famous terroirs of the modern […]
The Last Texas Pour Leaves Big Boots to Fill Guest Blog by Chesley Sanders (Lone Star Wines) Lone Star Wines poured its last taste of Texas wine this past Wednesday. I want to thank everyone […]
From the Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Texas: Act II – Seeing, Tasting and Praying for Terroir About 4 pm in the afternoon, my wife and I departed our Hill Country cottage near Fredericksburg, Texas […]
From Mediterranean Shores to Mason County Sands: Act I – A French Connection In the 6th century BC, long before any of the major wine producing regions of France had been established, the Phoenician Greeks […]
Texas Winemakers Gather their Pluck ….The Race for a Place on Restaurant Wine Lists is On! Ever go to your favorite restaurant and have a dark, inky East Texas Bordeaux blend with your Steak Au […]
Texas Wine – A Matter of Economics and Quality Christian Hill of MKE Research was “sweating nails” while standing on the podium as his leadoff presentation started the meeting of the Texas Wine and Grape […]
North Texas Trip Entry 7 – Lone Oak Winery, Last Stop before Home As my previous day’s travels ended, I stopped in Dennison and had dinner with friend and writing colleague, Henry Chappell. The day […]
North Texas Road Trip: Entry 6 – Lone Oak Vineyard, a bit of Texas Bordeaux I stopped the previous night in Denton, Texas. This morning I awoke and primed for today’s adventure with a “stick-to-my-ribs” Waffle […]
North Texas Road Trip Entry 5 – Visiting the Supreme Expérimenter at Brushy Creek Vineyards There comes a point in just about every Texas road trip where a personal moment surfaces and human and natural […]