Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – December 12, 2009 So you Want to Grow Grapes in Texas…it Pays to Have Information on Your side. Welcome to the Texas Winegrape Network, a comprehensive information […]
Venturing into the Bluebonnet Wine Country and the History of Southeast Texas Saturday morning was crisp and the roads clear following Friday’s record breaking early snowfall in the Houston area. The overpasses that brought mortal […]
Perhaps in Ten Years and with the Grace of God: Trapiche Tasting As you know if you read this blog, I spend a lot of time sampling, thinking and writing about Texas wine drinking, but […]
Wines, With Notes of M.B.A. – New York Times Article Features Texas Winery “From Microchips to Grapevines” in Texas Wine Country By Kathryn Jones; Published in New York Times – November 28, 2009 Ken and […]
A Bit of the Loire Valley [Finally] Comes to Texas A Tasting of Becker Vineyards 2008 Fleur Sauvage Bogar Vineyard For years I have heard people in Texas talk of the Chenin Blanc grape as […]
A Morning in Houston with Drops of Golden Dew: Dotson-Cervantes Gotas de Oro It was 9:30 on a weekday morning when the door bell rang. I expected this as, the evening before, I received a […]
Up and Coming Local South Texas Wines and Winemakers Shine at the Austin County Fair Wine Show Guest Blog from Louise Rice Martha Tarkington of Victoria and Dr. Ron Zboril of Bellville took home the […]
If I Was Appointed the Texas Wine Czar I would do the following ten things to promote Texas wines: 1. Annex a state that had at least 10,000 acres of quality producing grape vine to erase […]
It’s October. It’s Texas Wine Month. Join in the Fun! TEXAS HILL COUNTRY WINERIES TEXAS WINE MONTH TRAIL October 1-31, 2009 The heat is declining, school is in and October is almost here. That means […]
Congrats to a Colorado Winemaker; A Tip of the Hat to a Colorado Restaurateur Last week I had the occasion to travel up to and out west of Denver. With the summer of 2009 nearly […]