French Country Wines: An Unexpected Joy That I “Could-Tannat” Pass Up There is a gem of a place hidden on a back street near Rice Village in Houston, Texas. Believe it or not, there is […]
Video: Texas Fredericksburg Wine Road Route 290 – Like Napa Valley in the 1970’s Want a retro wine trip? Want to go someplace that’s like a travel back in time and place before Napa Valley […]
The New Texas Wine Lexicon: Better Start Asking if You Want Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Wines; They are Coming! This past week, I was visiting the Texas high plains, first on a bus tour of the […]
Need More Good Wines in California (and Texas): Blame Varietals I recently read a good blog on why in the day of modern technology we don’t have more good wines that can be grown in […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – March 15, 2010 Deep in the Heart of Texas Wine Country Syndicators.com Published by John Blanchette The Alamo isn’t the thing I remember most about San Antonio. […]
Guest Blog: Powerful Wines and Powerful Thoughts for the Texas Wine Industry by Dan Gatlin, Inwood Estates Vineyards This article was originally written for the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Excellence Uncorked E-Zine, Ask-the-Expert column and […]
Don’t Believe Everything you Read about Grape Growing in Texas “Emigrants to Texas, will not have to encounter years of arduous labor in subduing heavy and obstinate forests; but they will be able in almost […]
Messina Hof Twitter Wine Taste-Off: Put the Blindfolds On and Take the Gloves Off Paul Bonarrigo puts up his Messina Hof wines up against some of the top selling international wine brands. Messina Hof Winery […]
A Bit of the Loire Valley [Finally] Comes to Texas A Tasting of Becker Vineyards 2008 Fleur Sauvage Bogar Vineyard For years I have heard people in Texas talk of the Chenin Blanc grape as […]
Barolo & Barbaresco: Where the Nebbia and Nebbiolo Hang — — — — — New: See Rascal’s Travels: Hail Cesare in Piemonte at: http://rascalspalate.com/?p=21 — — — — — Heading east from Villefranche-Sur-Mer on the French […]