On the Gulf Coast Wine Trail…Blanc Du Bois Vertical/Horizontal Tasting. Or, Better Tasting Through Chemistry I hit the road again after receiving an invitation from Jerry Watson of Watson Vineyards in Cat Spring, Texas. Jerry […]
Wine Consuming Texans, I Ask You…Will Texas Cut Off its Nose to Spite its Face? In the most recent issue of TWGGA Legislative News – January 31, 2011, Dacota Haselwood, Chief Governmental Affairs Officer, led […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Appellation of Origin/American Viticultural Area When a winery in the United States wants to tell you the geographic pedigree of its wine, it uses a reference on its label called […]
On the Texas Gulf Coast, It’s Time to Start the New Vintage with the Grape Growers Field Day in Cat Spring The Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Austin County Grape Growers Committee will co-sponsor the […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Spanish Wines to Texas Wines If you live in Texas and want to get a good idea of the potential this state has in terms of wine production, go to […]
A Bottle Full of Memories and Rainbows Last night I came home from an invigorating workout and opened my wine cooler As usual, I never really know what’s going to tumble out at me. I […]
How Does the “Classification of Napa Valley” Discussion Relate to Texas Wine Quality? Tom Wark posted a Fermentation Blog yesterday that explored the future of Napa Valley and the issue of the commoditization of Chardonnay […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – December 27, 2010 Texas wines a booming industry San Antonio — “A fine glass of wine gets better with age.” – It’s a saying that can also […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What do Sicily and Texas Have in Common? Sicily, the largest of the Mediterranean islands, is one of the top three wine regions of Italy. Historically, its most famous wine […]
2010 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas: Installment #2 Llano Estacado, Viviana, 2009 I tasted this wine at a Texas wine dinner at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station and once more since […]