Brownfield, Texas: No Way! Been There and its Green with the Vines of Texas Wine Grapes We gathered in Brownfield, Texas, Yesterday. What you’ve never heard of it? Never seen it in the Atlas of […]
Video: New GoTexan WineCasts Serve as Virtual Tour of Texas WIne Trails The Texas Department of Agriculture is launching a new series of web videos highlighting eight Lone Star wine trails. Winemakers and trail representatives […]
Ten Things I Learned About Wine, Food and People at the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit 1. Court of Master Sommeliers – Deductive Tasting Format. This was a technique that I learned at […]
Mind the Gap: Arabian Tales from the 2010 Buffalo Gap Wine and Food Summit Kick-Off Reception and Dinner The drive from Fredericksburg to Buffalo Gap (just south of Abilene, Texas) was shorter than expected made […]
Buffalo Gap: What a Place for a Gourmet Wine and Food Event – “Not the end of the Earth, but you can see it from there” Buffalo Gap dates from 1857. The current Buffalo Gap […]
“High Tech Texas Vineyard Manager of the Future” Do Texas Vineyards Need a High Tech Solution for Late Spring Freezes? The Tempwave Microwave Approach – Tempwave is Raytheon’s patent-pending system that uses low-level microwave radiant […]
Leading Regional Wine Writers Set for the Drinklocalwine.com Conference in Virginia Wine Country Some of the best writers about U.S. regional wine, including Lenn Thompson of the New York Cork Report, author and critic Todd Kliman, […]
“The Unfinished”, A Remarkable and Enchanting Tale in Barolo Guest Blog by: Matthew Frank To research “Barolo” Matthew Frank (http://matthewgfrank.com/?page_id=137) spent six months in Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), living out of a tent in the […]
New York Wine Competition Awards Texas Wines A record number of wines competed for awards in the 10th annual Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (http://www.fliwc.com/) in 2010. The competition, which benefits Camp Good Days and […]
Sweet Jesus…..This is Definitely NOT California Wine Country Guest Blog: Steven Krueger, Resort Sommelier, The Westin La Cantera Resort http://www.westinlacantera.com/dining I have found myself adding more and more Texas wines to our wine list to the point where […]