The Winemaker that Mark Penna Just Never Ran Off This week, in my Texas wine column in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and on lubbockonline.com (click here), I interviewed Duchman Family Winery winemaker Dave Reilly. He […]
A New Way to Elevate Texas Wine Production and Quality: The Champagne Connection This week, in my Texas wine column in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal (click here), I talked with Austin’s wines.com and Red Room […]
Texas Wineries Win Top Awards in the 2013 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition The 2013 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Competition Champions are: Grand Champion Best of Show – Alexander […]
TXwine Twitter Tuesday – Tempranillo Taste and Tweet Extravaganza ( 7pm Central Tomorrow 11/12/2012) Well, get ready for the biggest TXwine Twitter Tuesday event of the year. Join us at 7 pm Central at the Tweetchat […]
TAPAS Tempranillo Day 2012 – Tasting New World Tempranillos from Texas, California and Oregon According to TAPAS (Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society) it is officially Tempranillo Day – Thursday, November 8, 2012. I’m looking […]
On the Northern Fringes of the Texas Wine World: BarZ Winery After four trips to the Texas vineyards and wineries in the Texas High Plains AVA, I finally found an afternoon to break free from […]
**What I’m Drinking (and Eating) Tonight** Wow! Pardon the exclamation, but it’s been a great night. I tried my hand again at cooking Sous Vide. This time it was salmon, vacuum sealed and left to […]
Join in for TXwine Twitter Tuesday to Taste & Tweet Texas Tempranillos Austin’s Denise Clarke (@DeniseClarkeTX), and Houston’s Jeff Cope (@TXwineLover) and I (@VintageTexas) invite you to join the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at 7 […]
**Test Live Blog : Brennan Vineyards Viognier with Poster** This is the first time that I’ve tried to live blog from my phone about Texas wine. — — — — — I’ve now added […]
Sunday at Sandstone Cellars: An Apple for a Drinker to Enjoy Fall is here and it’s time roll out on the highways and byways around Texas stopping in to see old friends and meet new […]