VintageTexas – Share Your Texas Wine Faves, Raves and Grumbles Do you have a favorite Texas wine, a rave about something at a Texas winery, or a grumble about anything related to Texas wine or […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Red Wine Making – Pigéage and Délestage A technique used in red winemaking is the punching down the cap of grape skins that floats to the top of the tank […]
VintageTexas Cyclopedia of Wine: The Wine Grape Called Picpoul Pronounced “peek-pool” (also spelled Piquepoul), this variety of white wine grape is cultivated in the Southern Rhone and Languedoc regions of France (http://www.terroir-france.com/wine/regions.htm). It is known […]
Video: Winemaker Tastes True Vin de Terroir – If I could put dirt in the bottle… Terroir comes from the word terre “land”. It was originally a French term in wine, coffee and tea used […]
VintageTexas ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Muscat Canelli, First Wine to Show True Texas Terroir Muscat Canelli with its floral, heady aromas is often called a “seductive” white grape. Muscat Canelli is known under a variety of […]
In Texas and Interested in Wine? Plan to Attend TEXSOM 2010, The Texas Sommelier’s Conference: August 15-16, 2010 TEXSOM 2010 will be held at the The Four Seasons Resort and Club in Irving, Texas on […]
A Bit of France Comes to Texas Via New Mexico; Hopefully a Bit More of Texas Will Reach the Rest of America, Too This might not be a French Chateau, but inside this simple winery […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Claret A widely used wine term meaning, in most countries except England, a light red wine. However, in England and as used by many wine aficionados, the word traditionally refers […]
Guilty As Charged. Texas WineSlinger Admits, “I Drink Foreign Wine” Yep! That’s right, I said it. It is a full admission. But, why? You would be amazed at some of the emails that I receive. […]
When You Have Texas Roussanne, Who Needs Chardonnay Roussanne is a variety of Vitis Vinifera with yellow-green colored berries, which gain a rosey hue under sunny conditions, that originated from France. It has several common […]