What do the New Acres of Texas Grapes Hold in Store for Wine Consumers? In my previous blog post (Texas Wines Heading South? What Texans Can Learn From The Texas Grape Production and Variety Survey), […]
Write Off the Vine – Texas Wine News: December 16, 2011 Grape acres expand in spite of drought By Logan Hawkes (Southwest Farm Press) While the Texas grape harvest suffered a significant drop this fall […]
Pecan Jam: A San Saba Celebration of Texas Wine and Pecan-Filled Foods When Mike McHenry first called me and asked if I would attend the inaugural Pecan Jam Texas Wine and Pecan Festival in San […]
Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News – September 23, 2011 Texas Wine of the Month: Salt Lick Cellars Sangiovese Reserve, 2009 by Jessica Dupuy (Eat My Words/Texas Monthly) When it’s young, the wines tend […]
When the Sun’s Going Down, Rainbow Lodge’s Pouring Texas Wine This past week in Houston, we really didn’t have any weather. We just had hot! I needed a break from the sizzle of the Houston […]
A Special Day All Around at Perissos Vineyards: After Being Two for Two, I Know When to Stop It’s not news to anyone in Texas, but it’s still hot and very dry. Yesterday was 99 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Next GO TEXAN Texas Twitter Tuesday: Taste & Tweet with Jim Johnson from Alamosa Wine Cellars The next GO TEXAN Texas Twitter Tuesday is Tuesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. Make plans to chat with […]
Texas Sommeliers, Wine Experts Select Top Lone Star Wines …In the honor of our Texas heritage, I’ll be so bold as to as to say, “Remember Tempranillo…Remember Blanc Du Bois!” On Monday, January 17th, I […]