Becker Vineyards 2009 Provençal Rosé: Dry and Pink Soothes the Scorch of Summertime Heat This year, we got through July with nary a temperature above ninety-five. But then, August came with a fiery flourish that […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s Finally Time for a Taste of Texas, Twitter-Style Today is the day. The time to tweet is at 7:00 pm Central Time, when Ben Simon at Vinotology (http://www.vinotology.com) will be hosting an event on […]
No Place Like a Texas Winery on Valentine’s Day I just had time to make a swing down the Route 290 Wine Corridor between Austin and Fredericksburg this weekend and found the wineries packed with couples […]
Looking at the World through a Glass of Rosé Looking around this place, it has characteristics like many places on the Texas Gulf Coast: Wind-blown palm trees, blooming bougainvillea, and cadres of dogs on leash […]
Ten Things We Learned at #DLW09 Conference & Taste-Off and #Texsom Last weekend I attended the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference (www.drinklocalwine.com) and Twitter Taste-Off (https://vintagetexas.com/?p=1083) and the Texas Sommelier Conference (www.texsom.com) in Dallas Texas. As my […]
Write-Off the Vine – Texas Wine News 2009 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – Rodeo Uncorked! International Wine Competition Champion and Medal Winning Wines (Texas Wine Winners) Just in time for your holiday pleasure, the […]