Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: December 16, 2011 Grape acres expand in spite of drought By Logan Hawkes (Southwest Farm Press) While the Texas grape harvest suffered a significant drop this fall […]
Spicy Meat-a-Balls and a Splash of Duchman’s 2010 Vermentino Last week I received an email from Jeremy Parzen with a cryptic reference to meatballs. It was basically something like this… Russ, I know that your […]
Wine.com Opens Warehouse in Houston Area and Gets Permit to Operate/Ship Wine in Texas As reported by the Austin American Statesman and flagged by @TXwinecountry… The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has cleared Wine.com to resume […]
Can/Should Any Texas Winemaker or Winegrower be Considered for this Award? The Botanical Research Institute of Texas is accepting nominations for its 2012 International Award of Excellence in Sustainable Winegrowing. The completed submission (application and […]
Join Dale Robertson, Houston Chronicle Sports/Wine Writer on TXwine Twitter Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Denise Fraser (@DeniseFraser) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TX Wine Twitter Tuesday at 7 p.m. […]
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ 2012 Int’l Wine Competition Champion: Includes Messina Hof Solera Texas Sherry Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials announced today the champion wines from the 2012 Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition. […]
They’re Back! CapRock Wines are in Distribution Again. I made my usually “run” to Spec’s Smith Street store in Houston earlier this week and found and interesting surprise. In the store’s Texas wine “section” [and […]
“Big Bottle Boy” (@TXWineLover) Celebrates Opening His 6-Liter Bottle of Gold Medal Winning Texas Muscat Blanc A grand time was had by all last night with Jeff (@TXwineLover) and Gloria as Jeff opened his large […]
Governor Perry: Is Texas Planting Vines in the Backyard of the Statehouse? Virginia is. And, Supporting Its Wine Industry, Too! The Virginia wine industry has the full support of its state government right up to […]
Texas Hill Country (Wine Country) Pictorial (featuring the photos of Houston-based photographer, James Skogsberg) About a month ago, my wife and I had friends Jim and Lillian Skogsberg out for a visit to our Hill […]