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Newsom Vineyards: Meetup with an Old Friend in Comfort, Texas

July 19, 2024 admin 0

A couple weeks ago, I was driving through Comfort, Texas, and to my left I saw an old friend. It was a friend that I first met in 2008 at the Newsom family’s Rock’n-N B&B […]

Food and Wine

Hamel Family Wines: Sonoma Terroir-Driven Red Wines Are Coming to Texas

August 2, 2021 admin 0

Wine Drinking in Texas… If you drive on Route 12 north of the city of Sonoma, California, look to the east and you’ll see Hamel Family Wines estate and vineyards against the backdrop of the […]

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Barrel tasting

Stop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines

August 7, 2019 admin 0

Stop Thief! Barrel Tasting at Ron Yates Wines Unfortunately, I missed the 2019 Ron Yates Barrel Experience where participants sampled Ron Yates 2018 Merlot made from grapes harvested in John Freisen’s Vineyard in Loop, Texas. […]

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grape growing

Tasting America’s Best Vineyard: To Kalon

July 24, 2019 admin 0

Tasting America’s Best Vineyard: To Kalon What did Robert Mondavi see in “To Kalon” many years ago? On paper, To Kalon can be described as follows: In 1868, H. W. Crabb planted a vineyard nearby the […]

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grape growing

Becker Vineyards Double Gold Collection 2018

November 30, 2018 admin 0

Becker Vineyards Double Gold Collection 2018 Earlier this year in my Texas Wine Month story that appeared in Dale Robertson’s column in the Houston Chronicle (Great Texas wines to try for Texas Wine Month – […]

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Houston, Get Ready… The Newsoms Are Coming To Town!

October 15, 2018 admin 0

Houston, Get Ready… The Newsoms Are Coming To Town! This Wednesday, October 17th, Newsom Vineyards is participating in a wine dinner at El Mason Restaurant, 2425 University Boulevard in Rice Village (Houston, Texas). The El […]

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grape growing

Fall Creek Vineyards 2017 Release Tasting: Texas IS Big… And, Can Grow Lots of Grape Varieties!

October 20, 2017 admin 0

Fall Creek Vineyards 2017 Release Tasting: Texas IS Big… And, Can Grow Lots of Grape Varieties! Most people know it is a not an understatement when they say, “Texas is a BIG place.” In fact, […]

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Food and Wine

Dotson~Cervantes Something Red: And, Definitely Worth the Wait

October 1, 2014 admin 5

Dotson~Cervantes Something Red: And, Definitely Worth the Wait We met in Mason on a Saturday in September not really knowing much more than what Alphonse Dotson told me over the phone earlier in the week. […]

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Local wine

Llano Estacado Winery’s Best Wines Keep Coming: Viviano and 1836

September 13, 2014 admin 8

Llano Estacado Winery’s Best Wines Keep Coming: Viviano and 1836 While many of the recent accolades for the Texas wine industry have come from relative newcomers with boutique wineries, it’s good to see that long […]

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Events

Brennan Vineyards: It’s OK to Taste in the Library!

September 4, 2014 admin 6

Last Saturday, I made the run up to Comanche from Fredericksburg to participate in Brennan Vineyards premier Library Tasting. In the middle of the Labor Day weekend, the traffic was light, the air humid and […]

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