VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Botrytis Cinerea Could a rot by any other name, be so sweet? Only if it known by its other names: Pourriture Noble (in France) or Edelfaule (in Germany). In any […]
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), […]
UPDATE: What I’m Doing for the First International Tempranillo Day – September 1, 2011 TAPAS recently announced the first International Tempranillo Day, September 1, 2011: A celebration of the Tempranillo grape with all its regional […]
Texas High Plains Vineyard Visit: A Relapse of “Coonawarra Envy” Those who have read my blog over its nearly three years of existence have read my periodic rants on the red sandy loam of the […]
Newsom’s Annual Grape Day: See What Texas Winegrowing is All About! …Plains, TX April 29 2011, 9:00 AM Friday 12, 2011 They’re getting ready for another annual Newsom Vineyards Grape Day; the 2011 version. There […]
Becker Vineyards 2009 Provençal Rosé: Dry and Pink Soothes the Scorch of Summertime Heat This year, we got through July with nary a temperature above ninety-five. But then, August came with a fiery flourish that […]
Guilty As Charged. Texas WineSlinger Admits, “I Drink Foreign Wine” Yep! That’s right, I said it. It is a full admission. But, why? You would be amazed at some of the emails that I receive. […]
When You Have Texas Roussanne, Who Needs Chardonnay Roussanne is a variety of Vitis Vinifera with yellow-green colored berries, which gain a rosey hue under sunny conditions, that originated from France. It has several common […]
Toast the Holidays with a Texas Two-Sip Celebration Taste and compare the quality and character of Texas wines versus well known wines from around the world – You’ll be very pleasantly surprised! With the holiday season […]
Texas Vineyard Scenes – Splendor in the Vines Texas Hill Country AVA View, Central Texas: The Vineyard at Florence (www.thevineyardatflorence.com) “The southwest wine traveler reaps the benefits, not just of the natural beauty of the […]