Llano Estacado Winery’s Best Wines Keep Coming: Viviano and 1836 While many of the recent accolades for the Texas wine industry have come from relative newcomers with boutique wineries, it’s good to see that long […]
A Texas Winemaker with a New Mission and Wine: Brock Estes, DANK, Johnny Rojo, a starter wine without training wheels! If you don’t know Brock Estes, it might be hard for you to make a […]
My Cup O’ Texas Chardonnay from Robert Clay Vineyards It was in the dead of winter when I met Dan McLaughlin for the first time at Sandstone Cellars in Mason, Texas. I had seen a […]
Perissos Vineyards and Winery: Harvest Visit It was back in 2010 when I first trekked out to Perissos Vineyards (in the Texas hill country near Burnet, TX) to visit Seth Martin, then a new face […]
The Rest of the CapRock Winery / Texas Custom Wine Works Story No sooner did I confirm the sale of the Cap*Rock Winery equipment and push go to post my previous blog on the matter […]
Newsom Grape Day & Tempranillo Symposium: Five Things I Leaned About Texas Wine Last Friday was the annual gathering of grape growers and winemakers from around the state in Neal Newsom’s “Barn-atorium” surrounded by his […]
Malbec World Day: Some Great Texas Malbecs, too! I must admit to being behind the curve. I didn’t acknowledging the worldwide celebration of Malbec wines (Malbec World Day) held on April 17th. I really have […]
2014 Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit: A Celebration of the Favors of Argentina At Perini Ranch in Buffalo Gap, it was an experience of primary colors. The foundation was of dusty red west Texas […]
Rios de Chile: Carmenère, the Grape Lost, Found and Doing Very Well in Chile Carmenère, a member of the Bordeaux family of red grapes,gets its name from the French word “carmin” referring either to the […]
Texas & Beyond: Texas Wines Are Having a Break-Out Year TXwinelover.com recently tabulated the Texas wine winners from the recently held Texsom – Dallas Morning News International Wine Competition in held in Dallas in January […]