Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey To some wine consumers, I am sure that this data will fit their category of “Too Much Information” or […]
UPDATE: What I’m Doing for the First International Tempranillo Day – September 1, 2011 TAPAS recently announced the first International Tempranillo Day, September 1, 2011: A celebration of the Tempranillo grape with all its regional […]
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 […]
Gary V Video: Texas Wines Inspired by Italian Piemonte and French Rhone Valley While on-location at a winery (Times Ten Cellars) in Dallas, Texas, Gary Vaynerchuk (pronounced Vay-nur-chuck with strong tri-syllabic punctuation) found that he […]
Amphora Wines: “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” This quotation by William Shakespeare certainly played in my mind last Saturday morning when I joined Austin-based, wine writer […]
Manifesto: Three Lessons for Texas Winemakers to Live By I stopped by for a visit with Kim McPherson, known as “K Mac” to some in Texas; he’s proprietor and winemaker at his McPherson Cellars winery […]
Texas Two-Sip Tasting at Culinaria Wine and Culinary Arts Festival: Be There…Be Surprised! Come on down to the Culinaria Wine and Culinary Arts Festival for the Texas Two Sip on Saturday, May 14, Hilton Palacio […]
Rascal’s Palate Preview – Rascal’s Travels to Piemonte: Hail Cesare! Normally, you don’t expect much from a book given as a present. Most times, people that gift a book really don’t know what you like […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Spanish Wines to Texas Wines If you live in Texas and want to get a good idea of the potential this state has in terms of wine production, go to […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: What do Sicily and Texas Have in Common? Sicily, the largest of the Mediterranean islands, is one of the top three wine regions of Italy. Historically, its most famous wine […]