Buffalo Gap W&F Summit: Texas’s Red Dirt & Mesquite Smoke Terroir I left Fredericksburg, Texas, early today as the yellow dawn light filtered through a gray haze cast from west Texas wildfires. I thought, God […]
Texas Hill Country Wineries: Toast to Houston, Texas Houston…here we come!!! Next stop…Houston, Texas! 16 Texas Hill Country Wineries will embark upon The Space City for two days, Tuesday and Thursday, April 26 and 27, […]
Glad Other States are NOT following Texas’s Lead: Pennsylvania Names State Enologist Denise Gardner to replace Stephen Menke in May by Hudson Cattell Denise M. GardnerUniversity Park, Penn.—While educational institutions in Texas and Oregon struggle […]
Sniffing and Swirling: It’s the 1st Premium Açaí Wine I’ve had more than a few trips to Brazil. So many, that I sometimes default to the local spelling of Brasil. I’ve savored the scent of […]
DLW 2011: Missouri: The Write-Ups Keep Coming Here are some links to blogs and online publications that talk about experiences at DrinkLocalwine.com’s 2011 conference and twitter taste-off: • Check out the Twitter hash tag, #DLWMO, […]
The Wine I Drank Last Night: Chateau La Dominique 2000 St. Emillion It wasn’t a Texas wine. But, it was one of those wines that helps me to better understand what we have (and need […]
TX Gov. Perry check this out: VA Gov. McDonnel’s Plan Includes Jobs, Wine and Oil Virginia’s new Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, has ambitious plans for his state. He wants to put young Virginians back to […]
Governor Perry, Don’t Leave Texas Wine Behind Earlier this week, the day of the big NCAA women’s finals basketball game in Houston, Texas Governor Rick Perry’s office released an announcement (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/15931/) that exhibited his confidence […]
Inwood Estates Raises the Bar for Texas Wines Yet Again As Inwood Estates Winemaker, Dan Gatlin said, “I very rarely send ‘Personal notes from the winemaker’ as these are reserved only for the most special […]
The First Texas Black Spanish (Lenoir) Symposium: How to Grow, Make Wine, Improve Quality of This Texas Grape The Austin County Grape Growers and Texas AgriLife Extension are proud to announce the first Texas Black […]