In California & Texas, Latinos are Moving to Wine; We’re in for Some Exciting New Pairings The research in California is showing that wine consumption among Latinos has increased dramatically over the past five years […]
Amphora Wines: “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” This quotation by William Shakespeare certainly played in my mind last Saturday morning when I joined Austin-based, wine writer […]
Flight of the Phoenix: First Look (and Taste) of New CapRock Winery Last Saturday evening my Texas high plains wine and vineyard tour was nearing completion with one more event on the schedule. Over the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sniffing and Swirling: It’s the 1st Premium Açaí Wine I’ve had more than a few trips to Brazil. So many, that I sometimes default to the local spelling of Brasil. I’ve savored the scent of […]
TX Gov. Perry check this out: VA Gov. McDonnel’s Plan Includes Jobs, Wine and Oil Virginia’s new Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, has ambitious plans for his state. He wants to put young Virginians back to […]
Inwood Estates Raises the Bar for Texas Wines Yet Again As Inwood Estates Winemaker, Dan Gatlin said, “I very rarely send ‘Personal notes from the winemaker’ as these are reserved only for the most special […]
The First Texas Black Spanish (Lenoir) Symposium: How to Grow, Make Wine, Improve Quality of This Texas Grape The Austin County Grape Growers and Texas AgriLife Extension are proud to announce the first Texas Black […]
Takeaways from DrinkLocalWine.com Conference: Missouri Wines – Day 2 Overview The conference started back up the following morning at the crack of nine o’clock with three sessions, the first moderated by Doug Frost MS/MW on non-vinifera […]