VintageTexas Sunday Cyclopedia of Wine: Botrytis Cinerea Could a rot by any other name, be so sweet? Only if it known by its other names: Pourriture Noble (in France) or Edelfaule (in Germany). In any […]
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 […]
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 […]
Europe Acknowledges Texan and his Contributions to the World-Wide Wine Industry Texas Historian Wins the International Gourmand Award’s Best Wine History Book for his Biography of “Grape Man” T.V. Munson In Frankfurt, Germany, on October […]
The Judgment of Bryan Texas – Messina Hof Head-to-Head Taste Off This past Sunday morning at Messina Hof Winery and Resort, winery owner Paul Bonarrigo put it on the line at the Messina Hof Twitter Taste-Off. […]
Terroir: A “Land – Man” Conjunction Earlier this year, I visited the Texas High Plains to observe the grape harvest. As I chronicled my trip and experience on this blog, I had an intimate awareness […]
We had a long day with sessions on: Component Tasting Dry German Wines Wines from New Zealand Italy: Sourthern & the Islands The component tasting was very interesting as a way to “re-calibate” the palate […]