The Wine Society of Texas Announces 2012 Scholarship Grant Program The WST will provide up to $4,000 in assistance for the education, internship or field study, and appreciation of wine The Wine Society of Texas […]
Haak Texas Madeira Tasting & Dinner: An Evening with the Maestro of Madeira Think Madeira is just for old people, or worse, just for cooking? Well, those that attended the Haak Winery Madeira Tasting and […]
More Notes from the Road, Tuscany in Texas, and A Little Wisdom from Mark Twain This weekend’s road trip to Buffalo Gap finally came to an end with a long drive back to Houston through […]
Newsom Vineyards Texas Grape Day 2012 Texas Growers, Wineries, Wine Aficionados, Consumers…. Newsom Grape Day is scheduled for the 27th of April and will be held at Neal’s barn. For those of you that don’t […]
And What a Year It Was! Tales from 20th Gulf Coast Grape Growers Day Gulf Coast grape growers and an increasing assemblage of the grape-growing-curious assembled at the historical Cat Spring Ag Society Hall last […]
Old World Charm, New World Adventure – The Wines of Alamosa Wine Cellars The other day, after tasting a set of three wines from Alamosa Wine Cellars, I was reading in my Sotherby’s Wine Encyclopedia… […]
Fairhaven Vineyards TVM 2009 Lomanto: Texas Bred, Texas Savored It was truly one of the most incredible wine tastings…in Denison, Texas, at Vinita, the familial home of Thomas Volnay (T.V.) Munson. We had a host […]
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 […]
A Story of the Three Texas Viogniers As I selected this title, I had in my mind the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. You know, when Goldilocks got tired, she found one bed […]
Texas Gulf Coast Vineyard Tour: What Grapes are Those, Ed? They’re our Favorites! This past Thursday, the air was clear and dry and the high sun gave its brightness and warmth to the winter afternoon […]