Houston’s Finest: L’Olivier Hosts Château la Nerthe Tasting I jumped at the chance to sample the cuisine of acclaimed executive chef Olivier Ciesielski for Tony’s restaurant fame now in his own L’Olivier Restaurant & Bar […]
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Botrytis Cinerea Could a rot by any other name, be so sweet? Only if it known by its other names: Pourriture Noble (in France) or Edelfaule (in Germany). In any […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News (Harvest 2012 Edition) The 2012 Texas Wine Harvest is Coming Fast: Both On Vine and Online Grape harvest time in Texas usually starts on or around July […]
The Wine Society of Texas Announces 2012 Scholarship Grant Program The WST will provide up to $4,000 in assistance for the education, internship or field study, and appreciation of wine The Wine Society of Texas […]
Texas Watermelon Thump, Cheese Clump, Chef Smash & Damn Good Wine at William Chris Vineyard Last Saturday evening I felt like High Society (or I should say, Hye Society) when I showed up at William […]
VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Acidity Think of acidity and fruit, and your mind immediately goes to the tart and titillation of lemon juice. But, what would wine be without acidity? It would be a […]
Haak Texas Madeira Tasting & Dinner: An Evening with the Maestro of Madeira Think Madeira is just for old people, or worse, just for cooking? Well, those that attended the Haak Winery Madeira Tasting and […]
A Brownfield Meet Up: A New Venture (Texas Custom Wine Works) Starts To Ferment It all started one Friday morning this past May: a meet-up in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Brownfield, Texas, with Dusty […]
Hilmy Cellars: New Kids on the Block. Clever Guy and Seriously Good Wines Several months ago now, I received an invitation from Erik Hilmy to do one of my first book signing event at his […]
Texsom 2012 “Be There or Be Square”: August 11-13, 2012 You may remember the line “Be there, or be square” from The Wiz, the modern-day version of the Wizard of Oz. Well, this line could […]