Rodeo Austin “Off the Vine” Wine Tasting & Silent Auction Features 16 Texas Wineries Mark your calendar for “Off the Vine” Wine Tasting & Silent Auction, Saturday, February 26, 2011 at The OASIS Starlight Room with […]
When Wineslingers Meet, Some Wine is Likely to Get Spilled Tuesday night was the night, Houston was the place, and Patranella’s Italian Restaurant near the newly developed Washington Avenue strip was the venue. That’s where […]
FLASH: 7th Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit Features French Chef/Author Jacques Pépin and Grapes from the Rhone Valley Internationally recognized French chef, television personality, and author, Jacques Pépin, will make his first appearance, together with his […]
Favorite Texas Wine Photograph of 2010: Wintery Winery Sunset in the Texas Hill Country I took the above photo at Becker Vineyards in Stonewall, Texas, in the Texas hill country. I stopped there in January […]
Video: The New Year is a Good Time for a Texas Two Sip Challenge Being a proud but discerning Texan, it’s time to take a Texas Two Sip Challenge. Prove to yourself how far Texas […]
2010 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas: Installment #2 Llano Estacado, Viviana, 2009 I tasted this wine at a Texas wine dinner at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station and once more since […]
Images of the Texas Vintage of 2010: A Pictorial January 2010: The influence of the El Nino brought a hard winter chill put the vines into a deep sleep at Brushy Creek Vineyards. February 2010: Visit […]
More Texas Wine Winners from 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Wine Competition Several weeks ago, I blogged about the announcement from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Wine Competition announcing its 2011 top winners. […]
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ Announces its 2011 International Wine Competition Champions Becker Vineyards takes top Texas spot with their 2009 Viognier. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officials announced today the champion wines from the […]
On Culinary Thymes: Thanksgiving Day is a Time for Texas Wine The Thanksgiving Day table is set with abundance: savory, tasty and sweet. This meal requires wines that offer flexibility gained from fresh ripe fruit, […]