Blanc Du Bois: Texas Grown – Gulf Coast and Now Beyond Excerpt from Edible Houston Celebration May/June 2016 Issue story: Blanc Du Bois: Texas Grown – by Russ Kane of VintageTexas. Copies of this issue […]
Memories Revisited: Lost Oak Winery Tempranillo and Merlot Wines and memories are the perfect match. It’s been over five years since 2009, but I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a warm […]
Texas Viognier Is Rocking the Wine World Against Big Names in California and France Yesterday, I received this media release from Andrew Chalk, who you’ve known as a wine writer and blogger at D Magazine […]
Texas Blanc Du Bois Four Ways in 2013 Haak Vineyards & Winery Blanc Du Bois Scored High at Tasting Panel Magazine Two Blanc Du Bois wines from Haak Vineyards and Winery (Santa Fe, TX) scored […]
Texas Grape Growers Committee to host Blanc Du Bois Symposium: May 10, 2013 I’ve had some pretty good comments back (many by direct email rather than comments on the blog) from my recent post about Messina […]
Port-Style Wines: Not Just for Old Fogeys Anymore! My new Texas Wineslinger wine column on Lubbockonline.com went live tonight (click here). It was a bit of a free form narrative titled “Texas Has Many Ports […]
**What I’m Drinking (and Eating) Tonight** Wow! Pardon the exclamation, but it’s been a great night. I tried my hand again at cooking Sous Vide. This time it was salmon, vacuum sealed and left to […]
Tasting Among Old Friends: 4.0 Cellars and a New Texas Wine Experience As I left my Texas Hill Country cottage, there was a recently unfamiliar sight: patches of sky reflected up from puddles on the […]
May TXwine Twitter Tuesday Stats, Photostream and a Surprise This past Tuesday sipping and savoring was in order, the online variety. TXwine Twitter Tuesday had a great turnout as it featured 4.0 Cellars, likely the […]
TXwine Twitter Tuesday Features the Wines of 4.0 Cellars, May 8, 2012! Denise Clarke (@DeniseFraser), Jeff Cope (@TXwineLover) and I (@VintageTexas) hope you can join us for the next TXwine Twitter Tuesday at 7 p.m. […]