Just When I Was About to Write-off Texas Chardonnay Just about every year I vow to delete the word Chardonnay from the Texas wine lexicon, I find a reason not to. It usually comes after […]
What do the New Acres of Texas Grapes Hold in Store for Wine Consumers? In my previous blog post (Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey), […]
Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey To some wine consumers, I am sure that this data will fit their category of “Too Much Information” or […]
Playing “Small Ball” at Napa Valley Vintner’s Collective In November, I had the pleasure to attend the introductory class day for the Master of Wine first year program. The full day session was held at […]
Top Ten Texas Wines of 2011 from VintageTexas: Installment #2 – Next Five Wines I’ve already given you my standard disclaimer and warning in Installment #1 for my top ten wines of 2011. Basically, these […]
Top Ten Texas Wines of 2011 from VintageTexas: Installment #1 – Five Wines As with most top ten lists, they need to be prefaced by a disclaimer: “In the eyes of the beholder”. I have […]
Fairhaven Vineyards TVM 2009 Lomanto: Texas Bred, Texas Savored It was truly one of the most incredible wine tastings…in Denison, Texas, at Vinita, the familial home of Thomas Volnay (T.V.) Munson. We had a host […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: December 16, 2011 Grape acres expand in spite of drought By Logan Hawkes (Southwest Farm Press) While the Texas grape harvest suffered a significant drop this fall […]
Mark Penna Departs Texas to Give a Helping Hand in God’s Vineyard Mark Penna, a long Texas viticulturalist and winemaker passed this week after a bout with brain cancer. As reported by Addie Broyles on […]
Can/Should Any Texas Winemaker or Winegrower be Considered for this Award? The Botanical Research Institute of Texas is accepting nominations for its 2012 International Award of Excellence in Sustainable Winegrowing. The completed submission (application and […]