At the end of the session, one gentleman who at first had been ultra-resistant to the whole idea of Texas Wines summed up the feelings of the crowd by asking, “Why don’t you just get Robert Parker (www.erobertparker.com) to rate these wines? That would get the word out, once and for all, about just how good Texas wines can be.” […]
Know Your Terroir – Part II Can you Name the Ten Most Famous Wine Regions from their Terroir? Part II of this two part blog, focuses on the first five famous terroirs of the modern […]
Know Your Terroir – Part I Can you Name the Ten Most Famous Wine Regions from their Terroir? Part I of this two part blog, focuses on the first five famous terroirs of the modern […]
North Texas Road Trip: Entry 6 – Lone Oak Vineyard, a bit of Texas Bordeaux I stopped the previous night in Denton, Texas. This morning I awoke and primed for today’s adventure with a “stick-to-my-ribs” Waffle […]
North Texas Road Trip Entry 5 – Visiting the Supreme Expérimenter at Brushy Creek Vineyards There comes a point in just about every Texas road trip where a personal moment surfaces and human and natural […]
Hill Country Hot Spot: The Cabernet Grill, the Texas Wine Country Restaurant The Cabernet Grill is in a storied space at Cotton Gin Village, just south of Fredericksburg, Texas. The preceding restaurant in this space […]
Five New Year’s Wine Resolutions for 2009 1. Drink Well, Drink Local In 2008, I blogged about “Food/Drink Miles” as applied to wine selection. In 2009, I reconfirm that I will drink well, but […]
Shoot Out at the O.K. “Wine” Corral One of the pleasures I have had, as a member of the Wine Society of Texas, is helping to organize interesting events involving wine and food. Because the […]