On November 12, Houston’s finest sommeliers were put to the test for the title of Iron Sommelier in the city’s premier wine competition and fundraiser benefiting The Periwinkle Foundation. Each competing sommelier selectedtwo wines which focused on a particular wine region, grape […]
Ron Yates Wins Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco International Wine Competition for the Second Year in a Row For the second consecutive year, Ron Yates has been awarded with a prestigious Double Gold medal at […]
All, I can say today is… WOW! I may be the last person in Texas (or, maybe on the planet) to taste the Bar Z Winery 2016 Pinot Noir. With that admission out of the […]
On November 12, Houston’s most exciting wine event is going to take place again this year. And, you can be in the room where it happens… for the first time either in-person or virtually via […]
For a limited time, a Houston premier restaurant, Rainbow Lodge, is celebrating Texas Wine Month by offering a weekly At Home Wine Tasting Kit for Two featuring a selection of Texas Wines. These tastings will […]
Virtual pecan and wine tasting to mark October as Texas Pecan and Texas Wine Months As October marks Texas Pecan and Texas Wine Months, the Texas Pecan Board invites Texans across the state to celebrate […]
It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to visit the northern regions of Texas near Amarillo and on the rim of Palo Duro Canyon that I’ve previously referred to as the “Texas North-Forty”, […]
NOTE: This blog has been updated for the new upcoming Specialist of Texas Wine Classes from Texas Wine School. Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Course Now Live on Zoom: Learn the inside story on Texas […]
As I wrote in The WineSlinger Chronicles, “Paul V. Bonarrigo and wife Merrill started their Messina Hof Winery in the early seventies with little more than a single-wide house trailer on a bare plot of […]
Mr. Artzt, a Texas Farmer, claims that he is about to give up the manufacture of Texas wine for a more profitable endeavor as represented in the March 2, 1882 issue of the Austin American […]