Fall Creek Vineyards Hires a New Winemaker: Sergio Cuadra Schlie In a recent news release, Susan Auler announced the hiring of a new winemaker at Fall Creek Vineyard – Sergio Cuadra Schlie. He is […]
Texas Tech University Plant and Soil Science Department Adds Maureen Qualia as Enology Instructor The Texas wine industry welcomes one of it’s own back to Texas in a vital role! An experienced winemaker and production […]
TWGGA Holds First Legislative Forum: “For Sale in Texas Only Makes” the Initial Cut The first in a series of Legislative Forums was held on Wednesday, August 14 in Austin. The Legislative Forums came out […]
The Texas Winemakers/Winery Owners Pledge (and Good for Other Local Wine States, Too) Some of you have seen the blog and reader comments over the past few days on CraveDFW (click here) on “For-Sale-in-Texas-Only” wine. […]
Dear Whole Foods Market, Please Remove Non-Texas Wine From Your Texas Wine Display [Redux] or, “Where are you Grover Norquist when you need a winery to sign a pledge?” Those of you that have read […]
It’s the Right Time for Texas Roussanne Several years ago, in 2010, I experienced what I referred to back then as the breakout year for Texas Tempranillo. Texas wineries went from offering maybe only four […]
Texas Viognier Is Rocking the Wine World Against Big Names in California and France Yesterday, I received this media release from Andrew Chalk, who you’ve known as a wine writer and blogger at D Magazine […]
News: Paul Mitchell Bonarrigo Receives UC Davis Winemaking Certificate The credentials and winemaking accolades of Paul Mitchell Bonarrigo, son of Paul V. and Merrill Bonarrigo and heir-apparent at Messina Hof Winery, continue to grow. As […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Texas Wine and Festivals Expanding Amazon Expands Wine Sales to Texas Peter Faricy, vice president for Amazon Marketplace, said, “We’re very excited for Texas wineries to share […]
Pedernales Cellars Wins Prestigious Grand Gold in its First-Ever French Wine Competition Pedernales Cellars announced recently that its 2012 Viognier Reserve won the prestigious Grand Gold award – the French version of the Double Gold […]