Calais Winery: A Winemaker Tasting à la Cave After my tasting this past weekend at Calais Winery, between Hye and Johnson City on Texas Highway 290, I believe that the transformation of Ben Calais’ winery from urban Dallas storefront to subterranean […]
It’s the Right Time for Texas Roussanne Several years ago, in 2010, I experienced what I referred to back then as the breakout year for Texas Tempranillo. Texas wineries went from offering maybe only four […]
VintageTexas Top Ten Texas Wines of 2012 – Red Wines Moving on from yesterday’s posting of the contingent of five white wines in my 2012 VintageTexas Top Ten Wines (Click here), it’s time to present […]
Join in for TXwine Twitter Tuesday to Taste & Tweet Texas Tempranillos Austin’s Denise Clarke (@DeniseClarkeTX), and Houston’s Jeff Cope (@TXwineLover) and I (@VintageTexas) invite you to join the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at 7 […]
Grand Local Tastes in Dallas’s Deep Ellum: Calais Winery The visit yesterday to Calais Winery, the small-batch, local winery in Dallas’s Deep Ellum district, was to sign books (The Wineslinger Chronicles), but the stars of […]
2011 Houston Wine Fest’s Almost Here: September 24-25, 2011 The Houston Wine Fest is a yearly, two-day festival dedicated to the great wine and delectable food pairings. The Houston Wine Fest is held in the […]
Video: Calais Winery in Dallas Deep Ellum Presses 2011 Newsom Vineyards Tempranillo (The Purple Stuff) Here is “The Purple Juice”. It’s Newsom Vineyards 2011 Tempranillo (Texas High Plains Appellation) that was pressed at Calais Winery in […]
Wow, What a Tasting Opportunity Day 1 at Texsom 2011 y Mas: Just when I thought day one was ending…Texas wine shows up Day 1: It was an amazing day… Forty-seven wines Doug Frost MS, […]
Texas Wine Guys Meet-up on the Trail in Washington State If you’ve been a long time visitor to VintageTexas Blog and followed my Twitter feed up through last year, you’ve undoubtedly witness my banter between […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – June 30, 2011 Texas Wine: And the Medal Goes To… Jessica Dupuy: Eat My Words Blog (Texas Monthly) When it comes to Texas wine, we’ve got quite […]