Winemaking Harvest Internship Opportunity: Looking for Texans Interested in California Experience Forwarded from Randy Hester, zrandyhester@gmail.com I am coming up on my 10th harvest in Napa Valley but my first position was a cellar internship in […]
Texas Viognier Is Rocking the Wine World Against Big Names in California and France Yesterday, I received this media release from Andrew Chalk, who you’ve known as a wine writer and blogger at D Magazine […]
TAPAS Tempranillo Day 2012 – Tasting New World Tempranillos from Texas, California and Oregon According to TAPAS (Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society) it is officially Tempranillo Day – Thursday, November 8, 2012. I’m looking […]
California Winemaker, Greg Bruni, Planned his Escape to Texas Back in 1993, now Llano Estacado Winery Vice President & Executive Winemaker Greg Bruni planned an escape from California for him and his wife. Greg and his […]
A True California Wine Country (High Country) Experience: Cannabis Cuvées Source: The Daily Beast…Apr 14, 2012 Wines fermented with weed were a novelty in the early 1980s, but now quite a few California winemakers are […]
Playing “Small Ball” at Napa Valley Vintner’s Collective In November, I had the pleasure to attend the introductory class day for the Master of Wine first year program. The full day session was held at […]
Texas Wine Included in Saveur’s Editor-in-Chief List of Top Trends for 2012 By James Oseland (Saveur Editor-in-Chief on MSNCB.com) “As 2011 draws to a close, the culinary trends we’re seeing on the horizon for 2012 […]
Principal Factors in the Control of the Vineyard Manager that Affect Grape Quality (Submitted by Russ Kane with MW Application, Theory Assignment- Question 5; August 8, 2011). Length: 1000 words maximum (997 word actual). Factors […]
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 […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What is and isn’t in the word “Petit” Petit (pronounced puh-tee), it’s French for “little” or “small”, and when applied to wine, it can also infer something inferior. An […]