Palle del Cacciatore – A Fitting Pairing for an Historic Texas Wine (Llano Estacado 1836) This story starts with a Texas wine with an interesting and historical name – 1836. It’s a date of significance in […]
TXwine Twitter Tuesday Features the Big Red Wines of Texas, March 6, 2012! Denise Fraser (@DeniseFraser), Jeff Cope (@TXwineLover) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at 7 […]
A Truly Texas Pairing: Wine and Jerky Just when you think that you’ve seen every kind, shape and form of wine event, a new one pops up. Messina Hof Hill Country and Big Tex Jerky […]
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), […]
Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey To some wine consumers, I am sure that this data will fit their category of “Too Much Information” or […]
2011 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas – The Honorable Mentions As with any top ten wine list, there are many wines that are worthy of inclusion, but for one reason of another are left out. In […]
Texas Wine Shrimp Mac & Cheese Delight: My Fatal Mistake in Wine Selection? When my wife and I get an invitation to Chef and cookbook author Terry Thompson Anderson‘s house, we always know to expect […]
Messina Hof Hill Country Grand Opening: Of Tractors, Terroir and a Taste of 1984 It was a grand day yesterday on the Fredericksburg Route 290 Wine Trail with another Texas winery planting its footprint at […]
Manifesto: The Texas Wine Discussion Starts with Diurnal Temperature Swings, But Goes So Much Further How many times have you heard winery and/or vineyard reps say, “This vineyard location benefits from warm to hot days […]
When is an Award-Winning Wine Like a Breeze on a Hot Texas Day? At Pilot Knob Vineyard Even though it’s barely summer, it’s been hot, hot, hot and dry, dry, dry in most parts of […]