Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News (TXwine, VAwine, WBC11 and Beyond) WBC11 Stats and Recap Aggregation Throughout the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference (WBC11), Virginia wines were showcased from regions throughout the Commonwealth. For […]
“More Gold Medals than Ever Before”: 2011 Lone Star Wine Competitions At the end of the first day of judging, I saw Michael Zerbach, Co-Chair of the Lone Star International Wine Competition held in Grapevine, […]
When Wineslingers Meet, Some Wine is Likely to Get Spilled Tuesday night was the night, Houston was the place, and Patranella’s Italian Restaurant near the newly developed Washington Avenue strip was the venue. That’s where […]
2010 Top Ten Texas Wines from VintageTexas: Installment #2 Llano Estacado, Viviana, 2009 I tasted this wine at a Texas wine dinner at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station and once more since […]
Images of the Texas Vintage of 2010: A Pictorial January 2010: The influence of the El Nino brought a hard winter chill put the vines into a deep sleep at Brushy Creek Vineyards. February 2010: Visit […]
More Texas Wine Winners from 2011 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Wine Competition Several weeks ago, I blogged about the announcement from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Wine Competition announcing its 2011 top winners. […]
Valdicava Brunello 2001! Does Texas Have Anything that Comes Close? Well, here I am again at Texas Winedrinkers Anonymous (TWA). I have to confess something. Last night, I had a moment of weakness while at […]
Write Off The Vine: Texas Wine News – November 9, 2010 Big Red Fundraiser at Charlie Palmer’s Benefits North Texas Food Bank by Andrew Chalk (Sidedish) Charlie Palmer’s at The Joule held a major wine […]
Texas Wine Selections from VintageTexas Blogger, Russ Kane, Featured on CulinaryThymes.com October is Texas Wine Month: Celebrate the Grand 2010 Grape Harvest by guest blogger Russ Kane, wine writer and aficionado from VintageTexas.com What better way to […]
Ten Things I Learned at the 2010 GrapeFest: People’s Choice Texas Wine Competition I was optimistic when I opened my front door Thursday morning in Houston and entered my car for the drive up to […]