Black Spanish
Black Spanish (Lenoir, Jacquez) Update: A Conundrum Still Persists – Please Help Solve the Mystery
This blog post calls into question some remaining loose ends in the Black Spanish story. […]
Year: 2023
Black Spanish
New DNA Information on Black Spanish – The Grape Otherwise Known as Lenoir or Jacquez
Black Spanish is a variety of grape that was originally assumed to be a seedling of an American hybrid grape which resulted from the crossing of the American Vitis aestivalis species with a grape of an unknown Vitis vinifera pollen […]
Black Spanish
Messina Hof Winery Estate’s Vintage House Restaurant Proves Youthful with Its Newly Revamped Menu
Just in time for spring, Messina Hof Winery’s Vintage House welcomes guests to try its revamped menu, that continues the tradition of its renowned Vineyard Cuisine™. […]
grape growing
At The Edge of the Pedernales I Came to Find a Truly Fine and Rare Wine: English Newsom Cellars 2021 Texas High Plains Picardan
Don’t know about Picardan? Don’t worry… just read on. Recently, we were staying at the Resort at Fredericksburg in a Tiny House B&B, one of many situated there, on the shore of the Pedernales just […]
Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Drinking in Texas: Sampling Sojourn Wines from the Most Celebrated Vineyards in Sonoma and Napa at Houston’s Vault and Vino
Sojourn’s wines are made from grapes grown in some of the most respected vineyards in Sonoma and Napa regions. […]
Cabernet Sauvignon
Bending Branch Tasting Stop – Part 2: More New Stuff… Tasting Texas’s First Official Ice Wine and Petit Manseng
Why was I not surprised when Bending Branch Winery owner Dr. Robert Young, known by many as simply Dr. Bob, invited me to stop by for a tasting of wine he said, ”was made from […]
Bordeaux
Wine Drinking in Texas: Bordeaux Blancs, The Lesser Appreciated Bordeaux, but Excellent Sweet-Spicy Pairings for Texas Cuisine
Let’s not forget the whites made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon for both dry and sweet wines.They offer a lot for Texas Wine drinkers. […]
Bourbon
Bending Branch Winery Tasting Stop: A New Twist – Bourbon with a BackStory… The Secret is Out!
Out of their family’s Kentucky Bourbon Country heritage and their interest in sharing quality bourbon with their friends in Texas, Bending Branch Winery CEO Dr. Bob Young and President Alison Young have brought some of this heritage to Comfort, Texas. Bending Branch recently announced their launch of two new bourbon brands, Bending Branch 1840 and ChickenDuck. […]
Events
Sign up Now for the Hill Country Wineries Spring 2023 Wine & Wildflower Journey – Self-Guided Passport Event – March 27 to April 21
Participants can visit up to four wineries per day and receive a 15% discount on three bottle purchases. […]
grape growing
Gulf Coast Tasting Stop at Newsom Vineyards at The Empty Glass, Tomball Depot: Part 1 – Some Excellent New ‘White’ Wines
When I think of Newsom Vineyards, my first thought is of well-structured red wines. On this tasting stop at the Newsom Vineyards tasting room in Tomball (104 Market Street), I did taste some excellent reds […]
Blanc Du Bois
Pleasant Hill Winery Closes: Owners Bob and Jeanne Cottle Set Sights on Retirement, and (for Bob) Sailing the Loop
Through the years, Bob and Jeanne were a team in the tasting room, appearing at wine and grape growing meetings, pouring wine at festivals, and submitting wines to competition. In April 2022, Pleasant Hill Winery celebrated its 25th Anniversary as the oldest modern-day winery in Washington County. […]
Events
New in April 2023: The Specialist of Texas Wine Advanced Certification Course (Level 2) – “The Deep Dive” – Register Now!
Lead photo – Dr. Bob Young, owner Bending Branch Winery. The Advanced Course extends the series of classes that were initiated in Level 1 but features more in-depth information on the wine regions of Texas, their characteristics, and their unique wines and styles. Your instructor, who is also the course developer, is Dr. Russ Kane of VintageTexas.com. […]
Blanc de Noir
Randy Hester Does it Again: Blanc de Noir, West Texas… an Especially Fine Wine
Blanc de noir is a white wine made from a red grape, a technique you see all the time with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in Champagne, where base wines are blended in the creation of a single wine. It is more unusual when a winemaker decides to make a blanc de noir as a still wine. […]
Black Spanish
Ode to the #1 White Grape in Texas, Blanc Du Bois and the Five Other Things I Learned at the Gulf Coast Winegrowers 2023 Watson Field Day
It was an all-day technical program followed by an afternoon tasting of some of the Texas Gulf Coast area’s wines. […]
Cabernet Sauvignon
Texas Fine Wine Tasting Stop: Spicewood Vineyards 2019 “The Independence” – Every Good Wine Needs a Good Story and this Wine has One!
Ron said, “Everybody was saying ’You can’t do Cabernet. You can’t do Bordeaux fruit. You just can’t do it here in Texas.’ We took this on as a challenge. […]