Dotson~Cervantes Something Red: And, Definitely Worth the Wait We met in Mason on a Saturday in September not really knowing much more than what Alphonse Dotson told me over the phone earlier in the week. […]
VintageTexas Top Ten Texas Wines of 2012 – Red Wines Moving on from yesterday’s posting of the contingent of five white wines in my 2012 VintageTexas Top Ten Wines (Click here), it’s time to present […]
VintageTexas Sunday “Cyclopedia of Wine: Cold Soak versus Extended Maceration Maceration is a winemaking process whereby the phenolic materials of the grape (tannins, coloring agents (anthocyanins) and many flavor/aroma compounds) are extracted from the grape […]
Sniffing and Swirling: It’s the 1st Premium Açaí Wine I’ve had more than a few trips to Brazil. So many, that I sometimes default to the local spelling of Brasil. I’ve savored the scent of […]
It’s a Brix Horse Race on the Texas High Plains with Tempranillo in the Lead I just saw the Brix number’s posted on the Bingham Family Vineyards website (actually a link from their Twitter post […]
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 […]
2010 Lone Star International Wine Competition Brings New Experiences for Texas Wines, Wineries and Judges I have been a judge in the Lone Star wine competitions in Grapevine, Texas, (https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com) many years ago, but just got […]
A Little Bull, Country Western Honky Tonkin’ and a Glass or Two of Texas “Chardonnay” at Brennan Vineyards During my recent sit in the Brennan Vineyards (www.brennanvineyards.com) tasting room in Comanche, Texas, while I was trying […]
Want to Grow Wine Grapes in Texas; Come to the Texas AgriLife Gulf Coast Field Day on February 12, 2010 Texas AgriLife Extension Service will co-sponsor the 18th annual Gulf Coast Grape Growers’ Field Day […]
VintageTexas 2009 Texas Best Wines During the past year, I had the chance to taste a number of Texas wines. This included two wine competitions, a twitter taste-off and on the wine trail on the […]