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 […]
Texas Wine Czar Says, “The Best Texas Wines Will Be in the Style and Tradition of Europe” My wife and I celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary last night at Rainbow Lodge in Houston. While we […]
Exciting Times at CapRock Winery: Glazer’s to Distribute; Will Use as Much Texas Grapes as Possible Most of you remember the see-saw situation that occurred this past summer on the Texas High Plains with the […]
Texas Wines Through the Looking Glass It’s late October and Alice is sitting on a slab of Texas limestone next to a riverbank in the Texas hill country, when she notices a rabbit run past. […]
Calais Winery – French Winemaking, Spanish-Style Grapes and Texas High Plains Grape Growing. Savor It While You Can! It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and my sights were set for Denison, Texas. As I-45 penetrated […]
A Day at the State Fair of Texas Wine Garden; Start the IV Drip of Lipator Stat! The clash of blue sky and a big yellow sun, wafting cool breezes and the booming voice of […]
(Video: See why Tempranillo is so good for Texas wine growers winemakers and consumers) Its Time to Join Us for Texas TAPAS: Tempranillo Advocates Producers and Amigos Society Starting a Chapter in Texas Are you […]
VintageTexas Sunday ‘Cyclopedia of Wine: Claret A widely used wine term meaning, in most countries except England, a light red wine. However, in England and as used by many wine aficionados, the word traditionally refers […]
Ten Things I Learned at the Vinotology Mandola Twitter Tasting and Tasting Notes For those of you that did not follow the Ben Simon’s Vinotology Mandola Twitter Tasting using the Twitter tag #tastetexas this past […]
Texas Wines Win at 2010 National Womens Wine Competition Torre di Pietra Vineyards (www.texashillcountrywine.com) Torre di Pietra Texas (Hill Country: Reserve, Estate Produced) Black Spanish 2009 $29.95 – Silver, Open Competition More on Black Spanish, go to: […]