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Wine Regions Like Texas

This category will document wine experience I have in other parts of the world that have similar characteristics to Texas. It will particularly be to describe the “sense of place” that is often used to define terroir – soil, climate, culture, etc.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Bending Branch Tasting Stop – Part 2: More New Stuff… Tasting Texas’s First Official Ice Wine and Petit Manseng

March 4, 2023 admin 0

Why was I not surprised when Bending Branch Winery owner Dr. Robert Young, known by many as simply Dr. Bob, invited me to stop by for a tasting of wine he said, ”was made from […]

Graciano

Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: A Graciano Gracias for Pedernales Cellars

December 27, 2022 admin 0

Many wine aficionados haven’t had the opportunity to taste wine made from the Graciano grape and some have never even heard about it. Furthermore, some have had Graciano, and didn’t know it. Sound weird? Why […]

Great Places & People

Celebrating National Port Wine Day with Kopke, the Oldest Port wine house in the World

September 30, 2022 admin 0

Red and white Port wines from  Kopke Port Wine, the oldest Port wine house in the world. […]

California Wine

The 2022 San Luis Obispo County Wine Awards Recognize Leaders of California Mid-State – One warm wine region to another

July 15, 2022 admin 0

Texans and our friends in San Luis Obispo County wine industry want to recognize dedication, stewardship, innovation, and leadership demonstrated in San Luis Obispo County. The 2022 San Luis Obispo County Wine Industry Awards go […]

Food and Wine

Texas Tasting Stop – Messina Hof Winery, 2019 Sagrantino Reserva, Texas High Plains

June 2, 2022 admin 0

Like jammy fruit? Like tannins, comfortable yet dry and crisp? Like acidity that helps meld wine and food? Well, on this tasting stop, your wishes are fulfilled with Messina Hof Winery’s 2019 Sagrantino Reserva, Texas […]

Cyclopedia of Wine

VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: What is Rioja?

May 16, 2022 admin 0

Let’s start with this easy questions and give an obvious easy answer. Rioja is definitely not a variety of wine grape. But, it is a word that is very much associated with Spanish wine. From […]

Albarino

Hill Country Tasting Stop #4 – Pontotoc Vineyard Albariño

May 7, 2022 admin 0

If your not familiar with Pontotoc Vineyard and its owner Carl Money you probably don’t know about his wine passion and the passion he’s been able to get into his wines. Since inception, Pontotoc Vineyard […]

grape growing

Why Do You Need To Be A Specialist of Texas Wine? So you can unapologetically share Texas wine with the world and know what you are doing!

March 21, 2022 admin 0

The next Specialist of Texas Wine class from Doc Russ – Texas Wineslinger, and the Texas Wine School in Houston, Texas, on April 27, May 4, May 11 (with the exam on May 12) gives […]

grape growing

The Self-Written Eulogy of Thomas Volney Munson, Texas’s Renaissance Man, with Words to Live By Still Today!

February 12, 2022 admin 0

The photos above are T.V. Munson the younger and the older. It can be said that if Texas ever had a Renaissance Man in its population, it was most likely Thomas Volney (T.V.) Munson (September […]

Cinsault

Know about Texas Cinsault? Let Randy Hester of C.L. Butaud help you.

January 3, 2022 admin 0

My Grenache and Cinsault are similar, produced exactly the same way – old school, Rhone-style. […]

grape growing

The “Roussanne Advantage”: The White Grape for Texas

December 30, 2021 admin 1

Roussanne, the best white grape for Texas – It can handle was all Texas weather can throw at it and makes great wine, too! […]

Malbec

Trivento Ascends to #1 Argentine Wine Brand in the World and Texans are Excited

July 29, 2021 admin 0

Malbec powerhouse doubles performance over five years to assume top position in global value Bodega Trivento is now the world’s top Argentine wine brand following a 2020 report from global consulting firm IWSR Drinks Market Analysis. Founded in […]

Food and Wine

Rosé wines from Château de Berne / Ultimate Provence: A Secret Backcountry of Provence Experience

July 2, 2021 admin 0

Wine Drinking in Texas… The French region of Provence, while world-famous for its rosé wines, is less appreciated for the outstanding variety of its terroirs. The Côtes-de-Provence appellation alone spans six vast territories, running from […]

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Barrel tasting

Stop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines

August 7, 2019 admin 0

Stop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines Unfortunately, I missed the 2019 Ron Yates Barrel Experience where participants sampled Ron Yates 2018 Merlot made from grapes harvested in John Freisen’s Vineyard in Loop, Texas. […]

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Events

Get Certified as a Texas Wine Specialist: Sept. 24-25, 2018 at Kiepersol Winery’s “Salt Kitchen”

August 7, 2018 admin 0

Get Certified as a Texas Wine Specialist: Sept. 24-25, 2018 at Kiepersol Winery’s “Salt Kitchen” Dr. Russ Kane, aka Doc Russ, Texas Wineslinger – the man that wrote the book on Texas wine – will […]

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