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Chenin Blanc
Fall Creek Vineyards Tasting Stop: 2021 Lescalo Rosé, a Tasty Low Alcohol Option for Your Spring and Summer Wine Enjoyment!
The Fall Creek Vineyards 2021 Lescalo Rosé follows the release of their Lescalo Chenin Blanc introduced in 2020. This Rosé is produced and bottled at 9.8% alcohol by volume and made in response to the increasing demand from people who want to enjoy a full-flavored wine while maintaining a healthy focus by tempering alcohol consumption. […]
grape growing
At The Edge of the Pedernales I Came to Find a Truly Fine and Rare Wine: English Newsom Cellars 2021 Texas High Plains Picardan
Don’t know about Picardan? Don’t worry… just read on. Recently, we were staying at the Resort at Fredericksburg in a Tiny House B&B, one of many situated there, on the shore of the Pedernales just […]
Black Spanish
Ode to the #1 White Grape in Texas, Blanc Du Bois and the Five Other Things I Learned at the Gulf Coast Winegrowers 2023 Watson Field Day
It was an all-day technical program followed by an afternoon tasting of some of the Texas Gulf Coast area’s wines. […]
Cinsault
From Matt McGinnis @BigThirst: Texas Wineries Report – “An Outstanding Wine Grape Harvest” in Progress, but Coming to an Early Completion.
As you are aware, the 2022 wine grape harvest in Texas is coming to a close mostly within the next month. Wineries are now busy processing fruit. Here are some salient and personal comments from […]
grape growing
Last Call for Fall 2022 Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Class: Learn Texas Wine from the Man Who Wrote the Book on It!
This is the original and best Texas wine course. It is taught by Dr. Russell Kane, award-winning author and longest tenured Texas wine writer. […]
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New Specialist of Texas Wine Certification Class Scheduled for Mid-September this Year… Sign up now! See added News Flash on Level 2 STW Certification.
Specialist of Texas Wine is a first-of-its-kind program offered by Dr. Russ Kane, Texas Wineslinger, and the Texas Wine School. […]
Cabernet Sauvignon
Slate Theory Winery & Vineyards: The Code Revealed
In 2018, the Jones family – seven siblings and their parents – acquired a location on Route 290 east of Fredericksburg for their new Slate Theory Winery and Vineyards. Their immediate neighbor Grape Creek Vineyards […]
Cinsault
Know about Texas Cinsault? Let Randy Hester of C.L. Butaud help you.
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
Roussanne, the best white grape for Texas – It can handle was all Texas weather can throw at it and makes great wine, too! […]