2010 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas: Installment #1 In 2010, I traveled more of the state and tasted more Texas wines than in any previous year. Therefore, this year I’ve had a hard time […]
Images of the Texas Vintage of 2010: A Pictorial January 2010: The influence of the El Nino brought a hard winter chill put the vines into a deep sleep at Brushy Creek Vineyards. February 2010: Visit […]
Valdicava Brunello 2001! Does Texas Have Anything that Comes Close? Well, here I am again at Texas Winedrinkers Anonymous (TWA). I have to confess something. Last night, I had a moment of weakness while at […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – November 29, 2010 Texas Wine: It’s Time to Wine & Swine! by Jessica Dupuy (Eat My Words/Texas Monthly) What comes to mind when you hear the words: […]
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 […]
Whole Foods Market® unwraps its Top 10 Holiday Wines on Twitter: ‘Tis the Season to be Tweeting Taste and tweet some holiday cheer during Whole Foods Market’s first-ever Twitter Tasting; This Wednesday, Nov. 17. Join in […]
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ Announces its 2011 International Wine Competition Champions Becker Vineyards takes top Texas spot with their 2009 Viognier. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials announced today the champion wines from the […]
On Culinary Thymes: Thanksgiving Day is a Time for Texas Wine The Thanksgiving Day table is set with abundance: savory, tasty and sweet. This meal requires wines that offer flexibility gained from fresh ripe fruit, […]
Sandstone Cellars: Seventh Heaven Alone on a Saturday evening, my reaction to Sandstone Cellars VII 2009, a dark red-black wine came slowly. I had time to decant the wine and allow it to open at […]
A Sunny Sunday Afternoon at Bending Branch Vineyards I’d met winery owner and winemaker, Bob Young, before. It was at the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association meeting this past February. He was seated next […]