Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Rosé Wines Rosé is simply the French word for “pink” which through the years has been assimilated into our English (and finally American wine) lexicon. True French-style Vin Rosé is not […]
“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, […]
A Tale of Two (or More) Texas Rosés on a Hot “Summer” Afternoon It’s Summer in Houston! Well, technically, we may not have yet reached Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 (the coming first day of summer […]
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 […]
Culinary Thymes April Recipes and McPherson Wine Pairings This month, I worked with Alyce Ester at Culinary Thyme to develop wine pairings for her April recipes. My pairings were three new vintage wines from McPherson […]
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 […]
Texas Wineries Reaching Critical Mass in Fredericksburg with New 4.0 Cellars I must have been brain dead yesterday, or just too absorbed in my book project to see the new and important development taking place […]
McNews Flash! Army Couple Visits Over 100 Texas Wineries with their Texas Winery Passport As I wrote this blog, U.S. Army Major Tom McNew was already on his way to Iraq, but he left his […]
Texas Wine Pairing: Pool Plunges and Satisfying Sips From Sacrebleuwine.com: Let’s begin the search for the perfect pool wines with the obvious. This pool is in Japan and the pictures taken back in 2007 but […]
Buffalo Gap: What a Place for a Gourmet Wine and Food Event – “Not the end of the Earth, but you can see it from there” Buffalo Gap dates from 1857. The current Buffalo Gap […]