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Culinaria Texas Two-Sip: Be There…Be Surprised

May 16, 2011 admin 2

Culinaria Texas Two-Sip: Be There…Be Surprised On tables with white linens at San Antonio’s Hilton Palacios Del Rio, twelve wines were poured and presented before each audience participant and panelist. By eye, it was obvious […]

Texas High Plains Vineyard Visit: A Relapse of “Coonawarra Envy”

May 11, 2011 admin 4

Texas High Plains Vineyard Visit: A Relapse of “Coonawarra Envy” Those who have read my blog over its nearly three years of existence have read my periodic rants on the red sandy loam of the […]

What’s a Texas Grape Like Black Spanish Doing in Sonoma?

May 9, 2011 admin 6

What’s a Texas Grape Like Black Spanish Doing in Sonoma? You better ask Kaz. That’s Winemaker/Owner Richard Kasmier, a.k.a. Kaz who’s the brains and ego behind Kaz Vineyard and Winery who brings you an eclectic […]

Lubbock Locavore Meets Locapour

May 1, 2011 admin 1

Lubbock Locavore Meets Locapour Our delegation of writers and media mavens arrived Lubbock Thursday evening. If you have not been to The Texas High Plains AVA, you might not immediately recognize it as an emerging […]

“If they (Texas) want to take those steps backwards, that’s all for the better of Virginia.”

April 29, 2011 admin 0

Virginia’s Ag Secretary Haymore Calls Out Texas for Cutting Wine Budget “Two of our closest competitors in the US, New York State and Texas, are actually cutting their wine marketing and education budgets and cutting […]

Three Lessons for Texas Winemakers to Live By

April 28, 2011 admin 4

Manifesto: Three Lessons for Texas Winemakers to Live By I stopped by for a visit with Kim McPherson, known as “K Mac” to some in Texas; he’s proprietor and winemaker at his McPherson Cellars winery […]

Texas Two-Sip Tasting at Culinaria Wine and Culinary Arts Festival: Be There…Be Surprised!

April 25, 2011 admin 1

Texas Two-Sip Tasting at Culinaria Wine and Culinary Arts Festival: Be There…Be Surprised! Come on down to the Culinaria Wine and Culinary Arts Festival for the Texas Two Sip on Saturday, May 14, Hilton Palacio […]

Five Things I learned from the Twitterverse at DrinkLocalWine.com Conference

April 22, 2011 admin 1

Five Things I learned from the Twitterverse at DrinkLocalWine.com Conference … or why I think Mike Wangbickler gave me the finger! LocalWineEvents.com 2011 Missouri Twitter Taste-off (Emcees: Russ Kane, VintageTexas, and Eric V. Orange, LocalWineEvents.com) […]

An Open Letter to Texas Legislators: Don’t Leave Texas Wine Behind. Now is the Hour!

April 18, 2011 admin 4

An Open Letter to Texas Legislators: Don’t Leave Texas Wine Behind. Now is the Hour! Dear Chairman Mike Hamilton, Vice Chairman Chente, Quintanilla, Rep. Joe Driver, Rep. Charlie Geren, Rep. Roland Gutierrez, Rep. Patricia Harless, […]

Buffalo Gap W&F Summit: Texas’s Red Dirt & Mesquite Smoke Terroir

April 16, 2011 admin 0

Buffalo Gap W&F Summit: Texas’s Red Dirt & Mesquite Smoke Terroir I left Fredericksburg, Texas, early today as the yellow dawn light filtered through a gray haze cast from west Texas wildfires. I thought, God […]

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