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 […]
Exciting Times at CapRock Winery: Glazer’s to Distribute; Will Use as Much Texas Grapes as Possible Most of you remember the see-saw situation that occurred this past summer on the Texas High Plains with the […]
Finally, It’s Time for Some Corroboration of My Prognostication on Tex-Med Wines I hate to say I told you so, but going way back to one of my first major articles about Texas wines, I […]
From Wes Marshall (Via WesonWine.com): Oz Clark on Texas Wine In the middle of October, 2010, I got a phone call from Oz Clarke’s publicist asking if I would like to join him in a […]
2010 Grape and Gridiron Classic: The post game commentary and analysis As I mentioned in my previous blog post last night, the 2010 Grape and Gridiron Classic (sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture) was […]
Texas Wines Through the Looking Glass It’s late October and Alice is sitting on a slab of Texas limestone next to a riverbank in the Texas hill country, when she notices a rabbit run past. […]
VintageTexas: Most Popular Blog Posts of October 2010 Wine Quiz #2 – Know your Italian Wines Texas Black Spanish – The Grape Otherwise Known as Lenoir Old World, New World Texas Wines (Part 1) A […]
Calais Winery – French Winemaking, Spanish-Style Grapes and Texas High Plains Grape Growing. Savor It While You Can! It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and my sights were set for Denison, Texas. As I-45 penetrated […]
Napa Valley Vintners Hit the Texas Trail Twice a year, the Napa Valley Vintners hit the road with principals and winemakers from member wineries, focusing each trip on region of the country. This year, the […]
Texas Aglianico: Just a Few Years Ago, Who’d a Thunk it? Time to Give It a Try! Aglianico, (pronounced – Ah-lee-an-ee-ko) tis the name of a red grape variety that is at home in Southern […]