Seeds of Change: Texas Farmer Finds Niche with Wine Grapes in Texas Co-op Power – Article on Texas High Plains grape growing at Bingham Family Farm and Vineyards. Wine grapes make good sense of Texas […]
Snowy Winter Scenes from Texas Wine Country Report are coming in from north Texas decribing the widespread snow that same over the past couple days. Howard Davies located north of Dallas near the Texas Oklahoma […]
Texas Gulf Coast Wine Country – Old Place, New Opportunity It was cold and damp this morning, but after yesterday’s even wetter and colder tour of Jerry Watson’s vineyard in Cat Springs, the warmth […]
A Cellar Surprise: 1999 Pheasant Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon Frankly, I though tonight would be a quiet uneventful evening. I decided to open my wine cooler and peruse its nether regions. To my surprise, […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: January 31, 2010 Texas 2009 Vintage Report from Wines and Vines by Ed Hellman, Viticulture extension specialist with contributions by regional viticulture advisors: Penny Adams, Fran Pontasch, […]
Perhaps in Ten Years and with the Grace of God: Trapiche Tasting As you know if you read this blog, I spend a lot of time sampling, thinking and writing about Texas wine drinking, but […]
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 […]
A TOAST ON THE HIGH PLAINS… THE “GIANT SIP” OF TEXAS The 1st Annual Lubbock, Texas Wine Festival… “A TOAST ON THE HIGH PLAINS…THE GIANT SIP OF TEXAS”. When: November 6 thru 8, 2009 (Fri. – […]
Wines of Barking Rocks Winery: Hard Scrabble Country, Full-Bodied Wine Safe and secure from this year’s searing summer heat, I was able to relax with my pen and paper in hand and open three bottles […]
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 […]