Mind the Gap: Arabian Tales from the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Kick-Off Reception and Dinner The drive from Fredericksburg to Buffalo Gap (just south of Abilene, Texas) was shorter than expected made […]
Buffalo Gap: What a Place for a Gourmet Wine and Food Event – “Not the end of the Earth, but you can see it from there” Buffalo Gap dates from 1857. The current Buffalo Gap […]
“The Unfinished”, A Remarkable and Enchanting Tale in Barolo Guest Blog by: Matthew Frank To research “Barolo” Matthew Frank (http://matthewgfrank.com/?page_id=137) spent six months in Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), living out of a tent in the […]
New York Wine Competition Awards Texas Wines A record number of wines competed for awards in the 10th annual Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (http://www.fliwc.com/) in 2010. The competition, which benefits Camp Good Days and […]
Texas Winegrowers are on the “Eraser’s Edge” You may recall the book “Razor’s Edge” by W. Somerset Maugham published in 1944. It quotes, “The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus […]
Need More Good Wines in California (and Texas): Blame Varietals I recently read a good blog on why in the day of modern technology we don’t have more good wines that can be grown in […]
Texas Wines Win at 2010 National Womens Wine Competition Torre di Pietra Vineyards (www.texashillcountrywine.com) Torre di Pietra Texas (Hill Country: Reserve, Estate Produced) Black Spanish 2009 $29.95 – Silver, Open Competition More on Black Spanish, go to: […]
Messina Hof Paulo Shiraz: Texas Soup and Texas Wine Pairing If you are like me, you often have several unfinished bottles of wine (often from Texas) that end up in the refrigerator normally with only a […]
A Little Bull, Country Western Honky Tonkin’ and a Glass or Two of Texas “Chardonnay” at Brennan Vineyards During my recent sit in the Brennan Vineyards (www.brennanvineyards.com) tasting room in Comanche, Texas, while I was trying […]
OK, I Admit It….I was One of the Kids with a Coonskin Cap. I Salute Fess Parker – King of the Wine Frontier Fess Parker, a television icon to a generation of youngsters as Davy […]