Events
Texas Fall Fest 2008
Texas Fall Fest 2008 The cool fronts are starting to make it through the state again and that means that it is time for the 4th annual Texas Fall Fest & Texas Wine Auction […]
Year: 2008
Texas Wine Drinking
Wine Shoot Out at the O.K. "Wine" Corral
Shoot Out at the O.K. “Wine” Corral One of the pleasures I have had, as a member of the Wine Society of Texas, is helping to organize interesting events involving wine and food. Because the […]
Texas Wine Drinking
Days of Wine & Movies….Ultimate Pairings
Days of Wine & Movies….Ultimate Pairings Recently, the award winning movie, “Sideways”, brought to moviegoers a plethora of wine-speak woven around two central characters and the complexities of their life and personal flaws. This “crossover” […]
Events
Survived Ike's Ugly Rath – Better things are coming in October
The tree in my front yard…..want a slightly used tree, cheap? Our thoughts and prayers go out the those that felt the wrath of Hurricane Ike this past weekend. Luckily, my family only suffered minor […]
Events
Celebrate the 2008 Texas Grape Harvest
Celebrate the 2008 Texas Grape Harvest There are many events and festivals that will be held around the state of Texas leading up to and following October – Texas Wine Month. Celebrate the 2008 Texas […]
Great Places & People
Sun on the Skins
The morning call came a little later today. The smiling faces of the delegation members appeared a little rosier than they were yesterday – A byproduct of our Texas high plains vineyard experience on […]
Events
From Cabernet….to Viognier
Reddy Vineyards Vijay and Subada Reddy are another story in Texas high plains determination. They came from India to the USA for Vijay’s advanced degrees in Agricultural Sciences. After Vijay received his Ph.D. in […]
Events
The Smell of Cabernet in the Morning
It was an early morning today to get up and out on the road to visit three major Texas vineyards around the Lubbock area. The fresh high plains air and a cup of coffee got […]
Events
The Search for Texas Terroir on the High Plains
High Plains Harvest Tour In a matter of just a few hours from Houston by airplane, I left behind this vast and humid urban center and stepped off a plane in Lubbock, Texas on the […]
Events
Texas High Plains Tour
Most wine producing regions have a cool body of water on their west coast (e.g. France, Chile, California, etc). This produces a cooling effect that depresses in night time temperatures. This cooling effect is critical […]