“To Cellar or Not to Cellar….That is the Question” Try tasting a wine that is allowed to age properly and you will experience the results of some remarkable changes. The simple fruit and floral aromas […]
A Trip to Flat Creek Estate Winery The morning was truly a wonderful Texas Hill country morning….70 degrees, clear and bone dry. I was in my car with the top open and trying to navigate […]
HAAK 2003 MADEIRA WINS GOLD MEDAL IN NATIONAL WOMEN’S WINE COMPETITION Haak Vineyards & Winery proudly announces its 2003 Madeira Jacquez has won a Gold Medal in the second annual National Women’s Wine Competition […]
The Go Texan Restaurant Round-Up – October 1, 2008 Celebrating the menus of the Lone Star State while helping Texans in need….. Establishments that are members of the Texas Department of Agriculture’s GO TEXAN Restaurant […]
We had a long day with sessions on: Component Tasting Dry German Wines Wines from New Zealand Italy: Sourthern & the Islands The component tasting was very interesting as a way to “re-calibate” the palate […]
Back from Lunch…..Wines of Loire Valley Charles Curtis moderated the session on Loire Valley. This was a great session that shows one thing in spades… You can have a great wine region, but if it […]
Texsom 2008 – Sunday AM I arrived in Austin at the Four Seasons Hotel at 8:30 am and found my way to the event. Texsom 2008 was easy to find by the seemly endless tables […]
Tomorrow I leave early for Austin to attend the 2008 Texas Sommelier Conference (or for those in the Biz – Texsom 2008). I expect two days of simulating discussion on the lastest and greatest things […]
The Flagstaff House Restaurant sits nestled on the mountain side at an elevation of 6,000 feet and was originally a cabin built in 1929. Frankly, I though that I had made a wrong turn. […]
There is one thing that can generally be said about Texans (both native and those that have spent enough time and effort here to become naturalized). They generally like BOTH types of food: Hot […]