Takeaways from DrinkLocalWine.com Conference: Missouri Wines – Day 2 Overview The conference started back up the following morning at the crack of nine o’clock with three sessions, the first moderated by Doug Frost MS/MW on non-vinifera […]
Newsom’s Annual Grape Day: See What Texas Winegrowing is All About! …Plains, TX April 29 2011, 9:00 AM Friday 12, 2011 They’re getting ready for another annual Newsom Vineyards Grape Day; the 2011 version. There […]
What Women Want (in Texas Wine) Remember the storyline from the Mel Gibson movie of the same name: “Nick, a somewhat chauvinistic advertising exec hot shot, has his life turned haywire when a fluke accident […]
It’s Time to Step Up to the Plate for Texas Wine: The Texas “Great Vineyards” Program Despite the fact that the Texas Department of Agriculture is facing the possible budget-whacking elimination of its economic support for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Texas Wine Czar Says, “The Best Texas Wines Will Be in the Style and Tradition of Europe” My wife and I celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary last night at Rainbow Lodge in Houston. While we […]
Want a Real Texas Wine and Wine Country Experience? Try the Gulf Coast In 2010, the total producing acres of grape vines in the Texas Gulf Coast region reached 44 for Blanc du Bois (white […]
PREDICTION: Tempranillo Will Factor Greatly into Texas’s Wine Future; New Texas TAPAS Chapter “If I had to do it all over again, I’d plant 70 acres of Tempranillo and one acre of Cabernet Sauvignon. I’d […]
From Wes Marshall (Via WesonWine.com): Oz Clark on Texas Wine In the middle of October, 2010, I got a phone call from Oz Clarke’s publicist asking if I would like to join him in a […]