In California & Texas, Latinos are Moving to Wine; We’re in for Some Exciting New Pairings The research in California is showing that wine consumption among Latinos has increased dramatically over the past five years […]
A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon It’s Summer in Houston! Well, technically, we may not have yet reached Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 (the coming first day of summer […]
Eight Texas Wineries Pair with Five Central Texas Chefs for First Regional Wine and Food Pairing Competition Chefs prepare 15 stellar wine and food pairings to compete for $5,000 grand prize 15 Texas appellation […]
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 […]
Around the Twitterverse of Texas Wine Check out what is being said about Texas wines in the here-and-now around the Twitterverse: From JFTxWine: RT @JohnnyParanoia: Going to stop in at the Red Caboose winery today. […]
Five Central Texas Chefs to Cook for Culinary Icons in First Wine and Food Pairing Competition Competition will feature five Hill Country chefs, 3 courses each and 15 Texas wines Finalists for Texas’ first regional […]
Guest Blog: A Case for Making the Hamburger the Official Texas State Sandwich…Now What Wine? By Rick Vanderpool To the House Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Committee (Rep. Guillen is Chair; Rep. Elkins is Vice Chair): Good […]
Flight of the Phoenix: First Look (and Taste) of New CapRock Winery Last Saturday evening my Texas high plains wine and vineyard tour was nearing completion with one more event on the schedule. Over the […]
Culinary Thymes April Recipes and McPherson Wine Pairings This month, I worked with Alyce Ester at Culinary Thyme to develop wine pairings for her April recipes. My pairings were three new vintage wines from McPherson […]
A Texas Wineslinger, Book Project, a Macbook, Buffalo Gap, Gut Bugs, Music Appreciation and Wine It’s been a interesting week; at least today I can say that in retrospect. Finally after a one year writing […]