Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – June 30, 2011 Texas Wine: And the Medal Goes To… Jessica Dupuy: Eat My Words Blog (Texas Monthly) When it comes to Texas wine, we’ve got quite […]
Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Rosé Wines Rosé is simply the French word for “pink” which through the years has been assimilated into our English (and finally American wine) lexicon. True French-style Vin Rosé is not […]
When is Merlot a Serious Grape? At Blackbird Vineyards I received a late invite to a wine tasting scheduled for yesterday evening, I believe, at least in part because an accolade I received recently on Jeremy […]
Summer 2011 Brings New Chapters and Scorched Pages in the Texas Winegrowers Handbook Earlier this year the news from Texas was dominated by one word….Wildfire! Firefighters battled out-of-control wildfires that scorched hundreds of square miles […]
Write Off the Vine, Texas Wine News is Back: 2011 Harvest Trail, GO TEXAN Go Thirsty, More Texas Wine Competition Results Texas Hill Country Wineries Harvest Wine Trail, August 5-7 and 12-14, 2011 The harvest […]
Texas Wine Country? Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting 2011 in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley In cooperation with Texas Department of Agriculture,Texas AgriLife Extension, USDA-ARS Where: Rio Farms, Inc. in Monte Alto, TX […]
A Blast from the Past…and Present: BarZ 2004 Newsom Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon I have to admit that I’ve never been to Monty Dixon’s BarZ Winery, but in recent meet-ups I’ve found him an amiable sort […]
Texas High Plains Vineyard Visit: A Relapse of “Coonawarra Envy” Those who have read my blog over its nearly three years of existence have read my periodic rants on the red sandy loam of the […]
What’s a Texas Grape Like Black Spanish Doing in Sonoma? You better ask Kaz. That’s Winemaker/Owner Richard Kasmier, a.k.a. Kaz who’s the brains and ego behind Kaz Vineyard and Winery who brings you an eclectic […]
Lubbock Locavore Meets Locapour Our delegation of writers and media mavens arrived Lubbock Thursday evening. If you have not been to The Texas High Plains AVA, you might not immediately recognize it as an emerging […]