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Wine Regions Like Texas

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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.

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Toast the Holidays with a Texas Two-Sip Celebration

December 3, 2009 VintageTexas 1

Toast the Holidays with a Texas Two-Sip  Celebration Taste and compare the quality and character of Texas wines versus well known wines from around the world – You’ll be very pleasantly surprised! With the holiday season […]

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grape growing

Perhaps in Ten Years and with the Grace of God: Trapiche Tasting

December 2, 2009 VintageTexas 5

Perhaps in Ten Years and with the Grace of God: Trapiche Tasting As you know if you read this blog, I spend a lot of time sampling, thinking and writing about Texas wine drinking, but […]

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grape growing

Texas Vineyard Scenes – Splendor in the Vines

November 26, 2009 VintageTexas 5

Texas Vineyard Scenes – Splendor in the Vines Texas Hill Country AVA View, Central Texas:  The Vineyard at Florence (www.thevineyardatflorence.com) “The southwest wine traveler reaps the benefits, not just of the natural beauty of the […]

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Great Places & People

A Bit of the Loire Valley [Finally] Comes to Texas

November 6, 2009 VintageTexas 1

A Bit of the Loire Valley [Finally] Comes to Texas A Tasting of Becker Vineyards 2008 Fleur Sauvage Bogar Vineyard For years I have heard people in Texas talk of the Chenin Blanc grape as […]

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Great Places & People

A Morning in Houston with Drops of Golden Dew: Dotson-Cervantes Gotas de Oro

November 3, 2009 VintageTexas 18

A Morning in Houston with Drops of Golden Dew: Dotson-Cervantes Gotas de Oro It was 9:30 on a weekday morning when the door bell rang. I expected this as, the evening before, I received a […]

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Great Places & People

A Texas Wine and Food Experience – Gone to the Dogs

October 11, 2009 VintageTexas 0

What better way to appreciate wine and food in Texas but through a common appreciation of dogs. To be specific, last night’s Texas wine and food experience would not have happened but for such a situation. A WOW evening with a private chef is something that really get used to, and fine Texas wine to boot! […]

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Events

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Wine Tweets Edition 10/6/09

October 6, 2009 VintageTexas 1

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Wine Tweets Edition October 6, 2009 The following items were obtained monitoring the Twitter Feed (www.Twitter.com) for Tweets tagged with “Texas Wine” or “TXwine”….Suggestion: Try TweetDeck to […]

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grape growing

Congrats to a Colorado Winemaker; A Tip of the Hat to a Colorado Restaurateur

September 21, 2009 VintageTexas 4

Congrats to a Colorado Winemaker; A Tip of the Hat to a Colorado Restaurateur Last week I had the occasion to travel up to and out west of Denver. With the summer of 2009 nearly […]

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grape growing

Wines of Barking Rocks Winery: Hard Scrabble Country, Full-Bodied Wine

September 15, 2009 VintageTexas 10

Wines of Barking Rocks Winery: Hard Scrabble Country, Full-Bodied Wine Safe and secure from this year’s searing summer heat, I was able to relax with my pen and paper in hand and open three bottles […]

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tasting

Looking at the World through a Glass of Rosé

August 31, 2009 VintageTexas 1

Looking at the World through a Glass of Rosé Looking around this place, it has characteristics like many places on the Texas Gulf Coast: Wind-blown palm trees, blooming bougainvillea, and cadres of dogs on leash […]

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