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 […]
Principal Factors in the Control of the Vineyard Manager that Affect Grape Quality (Submitted by Russ Kane with MW Application, Theory Assignment- Question 5; August 8, 2011). Length: 1000 words maximum (997 word actual). Factors […]
Best of VintageTexas – Top Ten Blog Posts in September 2011 2011 Houston Wine Fest’s Almost Here: September 24-25, 2011 Texas Winemaker Don Pullum on TXwine Twitter Tuesday Discusses “Pairing Acidity of Wine and Food” […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Canadian Ice Wine My wife and I are up in the western Canadian high country on a little business and pleasure in Lake Louise (in Baniff National Park). I bet […]
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Trebbiano of Texas The Trebbiano is a widely known wine grape varietal, but tends to be over-cropped and make rather neutral wines. However, it has the distinction of accounting for […]
DrinkLocalWine.com Celebrates Regional Wine Week with “47 Words” Contest: Consumers Invited to Share 47 Words About “The Other 47” DrinkLocalWine.com hosts the fourth annual Regional Wine Week from Sunday, October 9 through Saturday, October 15, […]
Messina Hof Let’s Talk Seafood Party: Like Opening the Pantry and Frig and Starting a Recipe from Scratch Finally, a few days of lower temperatures lightened the evening drive from Houston to Messina Hof Winery […]
A Glass of Texas Wine in One Hand and Your Kebab in the Other: Highlights from September #TXwine Twitter Tuesday Texas Wine Twitter Tuesdays, started by the Texas Department of Agriculture under their GO TEXAN […]
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Quandary – It is possible to not like a wine and accept that it is still a well-made wine? A small but significant percentage of wines exhibit “off-characters”. These can usually […]