The Texas Borderland – Vineyards of Days Gone By and Today As I left the Highway I really did not know what to expect. I had read about the good Padres that over three hundred […]
Toast the Holidays with a Texas Two-Sip Celebration Taste and compare the quality and character of Texas wines versus well known wines from around the world – You’ll be very pleasantly surprised! With the holiday season […]
Barbaresco and Barolo, But Don’t Forget Dolcetto, Barbera and the Whites — — — — — New: See Rascal’s Travels: Hail Cesare in Piemonte at: http://rascalspalate.com/?p=21 — — — — — I could not remember […]
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 […]
Iron Drink….Beer vs. Wine in Glass-to-Glass Combat! Guest Blogger, Jane A. Nickles It’s Tuesday night and I’m in the kitchen of Ventana Restaurant at the Texas Culinary Academy. Forty people have assembled for the first […]
I have received several emails from a VintageTexas readers that were trying trying to locate a blog post on “wine and movie” pairings that I did when I first started the VintageTexas. Redux is an adjective […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News for January 9, 2009 Wow, 2009 is starting off with a bang. Lots of excellent wines to taste, new things to learn, and great wineries to visit. See […]
Five New Year’s Wine Resolutions for 2009 1. Drink Well, Drink Local In 2008, I blogged about “Food/Drink Miles” as applied to wine selection. In 2009, I reconfirm that I will drink well, but […]
Wine Quiz #2 – Know your Italian Wines 1. What is the most famous red wine grape varietal used in Tuscany? A. Asti Spumante B. Vin Santo C. Sangiovese D. Marsala 2. Chianti is which […]
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 […]