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Month: August 2009

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Month: August 2009

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Looking at the World through a Glass of Rosé

August 31, 2009 VintageTexas 1

Looking at the World through a Glass of Rosé Looking around this place, it has characteristics like many places on the Texas Gulf Coast: Wind-blown palm trees, blooming bougainvillea, and cadres of dogs on leash […]

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Highlights

The Judgment of Houston Redux

August 27, 2009 VintageTexas 0

The Judgment of Houston Redux With all of the talk about our recent Drink Local Wine Conference and Texas Twitter Taste-Off, I have had many emails that ask about other times that Texas wines have […]

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Contest

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News (Grape Stomping and More) – August 24, 2009

August 24, 2009 VintageTexas 10

Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – August 24, 2009 Great Grape Stomp Off in New Braunfels, Texas (and Win Free Tickets) Hosted by the Texas Hill Country Wineries and Vintage Oaks at the […]

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Conferences and Seminars

Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom

August 21, 2009 VintageTexas 17

Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom Last weekend I attended the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference (www.drinklocalwine.com) and Twitter Taste-Off (https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1083) and the Texas Sommelier Conference (www.texsom.com) in Dallas Texas. As my […]

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Great Places & People

Texas Twitter Taste-Off: Taste, Tweet, Repeat – 200,000 times!

August 18, 2009 VintageTexas 6

Texas Twitter Taste-Off: Taste, Tweet, Repeat – 200,000 times! And More Winners (Silver Award Wines) I can’t take credit for the line “Taste, Tweet, Repeat”, but those were the instructions I gave to the assembled […]

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Conferences and Seminars

GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Texas Twitter Taste-Off Winners

August 16, 2009 VintageTexas 4

GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Texas Twitter Taste-Off Winners The byline for the blog today is “Syrah between my keys”…. The first GO TEXAN (www.GoTexanwine.org) Twitter Taste-Off organized and moderated for (www.DrinkLocalWine.com) by VintageTexas was held Saturday […]

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Conferences and Seminars

Let the Tasting Begin at the Drink Local Wine Conference and Twitter Taste Off

August 14, 2009 VintageTexas 1

Let the Tasting Begin at the Drink Local Wine Conference and Twitter Taste Off  (#DLW09) Well, this first of its kind event made the Wall Street Journal. Today was the kick-off of the Drink Local Wine […]

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Conferences and Seminars

Write-Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Texas Twitter Taste-Off and More

August 13, 2009 VintageTexas 0

Write-Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – Texas Twitter Taste-Off and More DrinkLocalWine.com First-ever Conference Sold Out- Follow on Twitter (search #DLW09) DrinkLocalWine.com focuses on North American wine that isn’t made in California and the […]

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Conferences and Seminars

Cowboys and Cabernet: Lone Star Wines Shine at California Conference

August 9, 2009 VintageTexas 1

At the end of the session, one gentleman who at first had been ultra-resistant to the whole idea of Texas Wines summed up the feelings of the crowd by asking, “Why don’t you just get Robert Parker (www.erobertparker.com) to rate these wines? That would get the word out, once and for all, about just how good Texas wines can be.” […]

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Contest

Time to Saddle Up for the 2009 Harvest Wine Trail: Win Tickets

August 5, 2009 VintageTexas 2

Time to Saddle Up for the 2009 Harvest Wine Trail Win Tickets on This Year’s Hill Country Harvest Trail Two Weekends Aug 14-16 & 21-23 , 2009 The verve of the wine industry in The […]

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