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15th Anniversary for VintageTexas Blog, The Longest-Running Texas Wine Blog & Five of My Favorite Posts

July 5, 2023 admin 0

I made an interesting comparison between what I called our Texas red sandy loam over porous caliche limestone and the coveted red sandy loam and limestone found in the Australian Coonawarra wine region that they called “Terra Rossa”. Literally the next day from half the world away, I received a comment to my blog coming back at me from seasoned wine critic Philip White who has written for Australia’s major newspapers and many magazines worldwide. White said that I had a bad case of “Coonawarra Envy” […]

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November 7-9: News Flash – Texas Hill Country Wineries on Instagram

November 6, 2014 admin 3

November 7-9: News Flash – Texas Hill Country Wineries on Instagram This Thursday November 7th through Sunday November 9th, the Texas hill country wineries will be featured on Instagram. I have been selected to take […]

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Writers, Bloggers and Enthusiasts Get Ready for the 6th Annual Regional Wine Week – October 6-12, 2013

October 4, 2013 admin 0

Writers, Bloggers and Enthusiasts Get Ready for the 6th Annual Regional Wine Week – October 6-12, 2013 Drink Local Wine will hold its sixth annual Regional Wine Week from October 6th to 12th, where wine […]

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Dear Whole Foods Market, Please Remove Non-Texas Wine From Your Texas Wine Display [Redux]

July 27, 2013 admin 3

Dear Whole Foods Market, Please Remove Non-Texas Wine From Your Texas Wine Display [Redux] or, “Where are you Grover Norquist when you need a winery to sign a pledge?” Those of you that have read […]

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Got My Wine Shipment for TXwine Twitter Tuesday – March 12, 2013

March 6, 2013 admin 0

Got My Wine Shipment for TXwine Twitter Tuesday – March 12, 2013 Just in case you haven’t heard, this month’s TXwine Twitter Tuesday (a regularly scheduled Tweet/Taste-up of Texas wine aficionados) is happening Tuesday, March […]

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VintageTexas 2012 Top Texas Wines – Honorable Mentions, For Darn Good Reasons Too!

December 21, 2012 admin 0

VintageTexas 2012 Top Texas Wines – Honorable Mentions, For Darn Good Reasons Too! As I have learned in previous years, even when I list what I believe to be the ten best Texas wines, there […]

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Narin’s Bombay Brasserie Wine Dinner: It’s Time to Set Aside Some of the Old Rules, Get Some New

August 4, 2012 admin 0

Narin’s Bombay Brasserie Wine Dinner: It’s Time to Set Aside Some of the Old Rules, Get Some New When asked how does Indo-Asian wine pairing compare to the meat-dominated western approaches (e.g. red meat, red […]

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Pedernales Cellars: Texas Wine Riding a Wave of Success

August 1, 2012 admin 4

Pedernales Cellars: Texas Wine Riding a Wave of Success On a damp hazy summer morning, I trekked out from our hill country cottage and was between Johnson City and Fredericksburg on a road that’s taken […]

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Guest Blog: Visual Wine Tasting (The Baker Method)

July 19, 2012 admin 4

Guest Blog: Visual Wine Tasting (The Baker Method) by Jim Baker (TXwineGeek) Some of you may have already seen, the original and follow up posts on “Visual Tasting” by Jim Baker who has the TXwineGeek […]

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Houston’s Finest: L’Olivier Hosts Château la Nerthe Tasting

July 4, 2012 admin 0

Houston’s Finest: L’Olivier Hosts Château la Nerthe Tasting I jumped at the chance to sample the cuisine of acclaimed executive chef Olivier Ciesielski for Tony’s restaurant fame now in his own L’Olivier Restaurant & Bar […]