Tasting the Wines of the Ancients: Chateau Musar Day 2 of Texsom held in Dallas at the Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas was another blaze of palate-popping exploration; thirty-nine wines in all that again covered […]
On the Road to Texsom VII – Texas Sommeliers and Beverage Conference 2011 Everything starts tomorrow at Texsom 2011 (www.texsom.com), THE TEXAS wine and beverage conference being held for the 7th time this weekend. It […]
Write Off The Vine: Texas Wine News – August 11, 2011 Media, Technology Pros To Kick Off Wine Conference, TEXSOM Conference: August 13-15 at Four Seasons – Las Colinas On August 13, social media, blog […]
(Nice hair! See video.) Mantra of a Texas Winemaker in the Summer of Our Discontent: Acidulate, Acidulate Dance to the Music! If the world was a perfect place, the mantra of all Texas winemakers would […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: CapRock Sweet Tempranillo – An Old Technique with a Texas Twist Natural wine aficionado, Alice Feiring, said, “First time I had a well-made wine from carbonic maceration…I was pretty charmed. […]
VIDEO: GOTEXAN Twitter Tuesday Features Texas Winemaker Raymond Haak Please join us for the next GO TEXAN Twitter Tuesday on August 2 at 7 p.m. Our special guest is Raymond Haak, owner and winemaker for […]
At #WBC11 – Try Some Wines from The Other 46, Including Four from Texas One of the sessions at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, VA this week is “The Other 46 Tasting” […]
My Wine Blogging Brethren, It’s Time to Taste Some Texas Wine at #WBC11…LIVE! In only two day, I’ll be flying away to join my wine blogging brethren at the 2011 North American Wine Blogger Conference […]
Manifesto: The Texas Wine Discussion Starts with Diurnal Temperature Swings, But Goes So Much Further How many times have you heard winery and/or vineyard reps say, “This vineyard location benefits from warm to hot days […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What is and isn’t in the word “Petit” Petit (pronounced puh-tee), it’s French for “little” or “small”, and when applied to wine, it can also infer something inferior. An […]