In Texas, 2010 is Stacking Up to be the “Vintage of the Century” Texan winegrowers have been so shell shocked over the past several years, it seems like nobody wants to talk about the way […]
VintageTexas Sunday “Cyclopedia of Wine: Wine Faults I have been doing a lot of blogging on wine quality lately. But, from your perspective as a wine drinker in an evolving wine producing region like Texas […]
CapRock Winery Starts New Chapter; Begins Crushing Grapes for Huge Texas Harvest CapRock projects its largest grape crush/press service to date in 2010. The initial days of harvest confirm that this will be an excellent year […]
Fall Creek Vineyard’s 2010 Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival – August 21 and 28, 2010 Don’t miss this year’s 21st Annual Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival at Fall Creek Vineyards (www.fcv.com) THIS Saturday, August 21st, […]
Write Off The Vine: Texas Wine News – August 17, 2010 Proposed Federal Alcohol Law Could Limit Texas Wineries’ Growth Local and state wine makers are calling on Congress to kibosh a proposed federal law […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Red Wine Making – Pigéage and Délestage A technique used in red winemaking is the punching down the cap of grape skins that floats to the top of the tank […]
Kiepersol Estate: Terroir in the Glass and on the Plate…. A Truly Wonderful Combination to Behold Continued from “Traveling the Wine Roads of Northeast Texas Wine Country and the Grape Man of Texas”: https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1995 — […]
In a recent blog, I posted my experiences as a limo chauffeured grape picker at the Messina Hof Moonlight Harvest Dinner: Everybody Sing – “Pick, Pick, Pick Your Grapes, Going Down the Row…” (See: https://vintagetexas.com/?p=2138). […]
Texas Farm and Ranch Show Features Educational Sessions, Tractor Pulls and Wine Tastings 2010 San Antonio International Farm and Ranch Show will have it all By Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M The San Antonio International Farm […]
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: The Wine Grape Called Picpoul Pronounced “peek-pool” (also spelled Piquepoul), this variety of white wine grape is cultivated in the Southern Rhone and Languedoc regions of France (http://www.terroir-france.com/wine/regions.htm). It is known […]