Pecan Jam: A San Saba Celebration of Texas Wine and Pecan-Filled Foods When Mike McHenry first called me and asked if I would attend the inaugural Pecan Jam Texas Wine and Pecan Festival in San […]
Messina Hof Hill Country Grand Opening: Of Tractors, Terroir and a Taste of 1984 It was a grand day yesterday on the Fredericksburg Route 290 Wine Trail with another Texas winery planting its footprint at […]
Texas Value Wines Featured on TXwine Twitter Tuesday (Nov. 1st) Denise Fraser (@DeniseFraser) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TX Wine Twitter Tuesday at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 1. Texas […]
Locapour: The Dream World of the Other 47 [Words – don’t count this one] It was brutal this summer in Houston. The only thing that kept me going seemed like a dream. A Colorado […]
Principal Factors in the Control of the Vineyard Manager that Affect Grape Quality (Submitted by Russ Kane with MW Application, Theory Assignment- Question 5; August 8, 2011). Length: 1000 words maximum (997 word actual). Factors […]
Houston…Get Ready for a Treat! McPherson Cellars Roussanne (Texas) 2010 I just found out that Houston (and maybe other locales that have access to Spec’s Stores) has a Texas wine treat in store for its […]
Status of Texas Winery Passport Program Email from Texas Department of Agriculture… As you know, during the 82nd Texas Legislative Session, budget reductions were imposed on the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) and funding for […]
VintageTexas Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Texas Wine Month Edition Tale of Two Gregs: Far Flung Wine and River Paddling Many years ago, two Gregs became friends. One Greg made wine and […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Canadian Ice Wine My wife and I are up in the western Canadian high country on a little business and pleasure in Lake Louise (in Baniff National Park). I bet […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – September 23, 2011 Texas Wine of the Month: Salt Lick Cellars Sangiovese Reserve, 2009 by Jessica Dupuy (Eat My Words/Texas Monthly) When it’s young, the wines tend […]