Hilmy Cellars: New Kids on the Block. Clever Guy and Seriously Good Wines Several months ago now, I received an invitation from Erik Hilmy to do one of my first book signing event at his […]
Texsom 2012 “Be There or Be Square”: August 11-13, 2012 You may remember the line “Be there, or be square” from The Wiz, the modern-day version of the Wizard of Oz. Well, this line could […]
June 5th TXwine Twitter Tuesday: Share Your Favorite Texas Winery Stories & Pics Denise Fraser Clarke (@DeniseFraser), Jeff Cope (@TXwineLover) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at […]
What I’m Drinking Tonight: Dotson ~ Cervantes, 2010 Gotas de Oro Fixed a pretty nice Mother’s Day dinner for my wife tonight, but the best was at the finish. We ended the meal with a […]
Tasting Among Old Friends: 4.0 Cellars and a New Texas Wine Experience As I left my Texas Hill Country cottage, there was a recently unfamiliar sight: patches of sky reflected up from puddles on the […]
May TXwine Twitter Tuesday Stats, Photostream and a Surprise This past Tuesday sipping and savoring was in order, the online variety. TXwine Twitter Tuesday had a great turnout as it featured 4.0 Cellars, likely the […]
A Bit of Texas High Plains Wine Legacy: Staked Plains Winery Text from: Llano Estacado Website (click here). Photograph of bottle taken in the McPherson Cellars tasting room (May 2012). 1975: Llano Estacado Winery charted […]
A Perfect Pairing: Sullivan’s Steakhouse Frog’s Leap Vintner Dinner It’s been a lot of windshield time recently for Doc Russ, Texas Wineslinger. But, it’s been well worth it. Great people, places and happenings abounded. My Wineslinger […]
Austin Food & Wine Fest Sunday, April 29th – What a Texas Wine Panel! A Gold Medal Line Up I’ll admit, when I was asked to assemble a Texas wine panel for the Austin Food […]