Texas Posts Largest Percentage Increase in Wineries in 2011 According to Lettie Teague citing research from WinesVinesData in her “On Wine” column in the Wall Street Journal… “California, unsurprisingly, lead the pack for new wineries started […]
Old World Charm, New World Adventure – The Wines of Alamosa Wine Cellars The other day, after tasting a set of three wines from Alamosa Wine Cellars, I was reading in my Sotherby’s Wine Encyclopedia… […]
February TXwine Twitter Tuesday (on Wednesday) Tasting Viognier – February 8, 2012! Denise Fraser (@DeniseFraser) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TXWine Twitter Tuesday chat – but this time it […]
What’s the Texas wine scene like? By Ray Isle (Executive Wine Editor – Food and Wine Magazine) “Well, we’re doing the Austin Food & Wine Festival, so we’ll be revisiting Hill Country wineries. I’ve written […]
News Flash: The Austin FOOD & WINE Festival, April 27-29, 2012 C3 Presents and FOOD & WINE Magazine Announce This Inaugural Festival to Feature Celebrity Chefs, Texas All-Stars, Live Performances and Much More in the […]
Just When I Was About to Write-off Texas Chardonnay Just about every year I vow to delete the word Chardonnay from the Texas wine lexicon, I find a reason not to. It usually comes after […]
What do the New Acres of Texas Grapes Hold in Store for Wine Consumers? In my previous blog post (Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey), […]
Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey To some wine consumers, I am sure that this data will fit their category of “Too Much Information” or […]
Top Ten VintageTexas Blogs of 2011 (and Two More) I just did the tally of the most popular (most accessed) blogs on VintageTexas for the year of 2011 and they are listed below. For the […]
Playing “Small Ball” at Napa Valley Vintner’s Collective In November, I had the pleasure to attend the introductory class day for the Master of Wine first year program. The full day session was held at […]